Willa Cather

"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it - for a little while."

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Source: Zane Grey, Max Brand, Owen Wister, James Fenimore Cooper, B. M. Bower (2017). “60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures & much more: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Night Horseman, The Last of the Mohicans, Rimrock Trail, The Hidden Children, The Law of the Land, Heart of the West, A Texas Cow-Boy, The Prairie…”, p.6427, e-artnow

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Willa Cather

Willa Cather

Novelist, Short Story Writer

Willa Cather was an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of life on the Great Plains, particularly in works like 'My Ántonia'.

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