Apr 1898
The Way of the World is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Home Monthly in April 1898.
Six boys live quietly together. Their main play is creating their "town": one boy is mayor, another a grocer, and so on. One day a girl, Mary Eliza Jenkins, makes friends with the mayor and the other "men", until they let her become a full citizen and open a new restaurant. It is a success until a boy from Chicago...
Willa Cather Events
| 1873 Dec 7 |
Willa Cather Is Born
Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels...
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| 1898 Apr |
"The Way Of The World" Is Published
The Way of the World is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Home Monthly in April 1898.
Six boys live quietly together. Their main play is creating their "town": o...
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| 1927 |
'Death Comes for the Archbishop' is Published
Cather at her most matter-of-fact and, as a consequence, her most powerful. She based this book on the life of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy — she calls him Father Latour — the French-born O...
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