6/11/2023 0 Comments Ántonia![]() ![]() That takes guts, and these were gutsy people. My own great-grandparents left Denmark in the late 1800s, in a similar time frame and reason as the people in this book, and brought their three young sons with them, boys who would never know their native land, or ever see it again. These families left everything they knew, even their native languages, to come to the great unknown, with the promise of a better life. ![]() Basically, it is the story of the Great Melting Pot, how foreign born families immigrated to the United States, specifically the Great Plains, and did their best to fit in, make a living, and give their children an opportunity that could not be had anywhere else in the world. (I love doing that!) It is beautifully written by the great Willa Cather, and I understand it is very much autobiographical. Oddly, I ended up with three versions of this book: Physical book, Kindle edition, and audio. "My Antonia" (emphasis on the "i") has been on my "to-read" list for a very long time. ![]()
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