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1) My Ántonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation immigrants.
"Willa Cather's My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda,...
2) Laughing Boy
Author
Series
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"A novel 'of the Navajo country. Laughing Boy, cunning artificer of silver and maker of songs, loves Slim Girl who, tainted and embittered as the result of her American schooling, is trying to find her way back into the heart of her people. The story tells how together they fared along the Trail of Beauty, the final tragedy leaving Laughing Boy bereft but not despairing.
For more than a generation, this Pulitzer Prize novel has been admired as a...
Author
Series
Sentry edition volume 15
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Description
Tracing North American exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, DeVoto tells in classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation.