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After the death of his parents, jim was sent to live with his grandparents in black hawk nebraska. My antonia paints a deep portrait of a pioneer farm community on the. My antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural nebraska to start new lives in america, with a particular focus on a bohemian family, the shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named antonia. Jun 04, 20 my antonia audiobook by willa cather 18731947 my antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural nebraska to start new lives in america, with a particular focus. So its taken me a number of years to finally read this book about growing up on the farms and in a small nebraska town during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It is the final book of her prairie trilogy of novels, the companion volumes being o. My antonia by willa cather overdrive rakuten overdrive. My antonia by willa cather audiobook download christian. Click the download button to download a copy of the marc file. Through jim burdens endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the nebraska heartland with all its insistent bonds. Willa cather, jeff cummings, ken burns introduction, blackstone audio, inc. On the second leg of our librivox world tour, lets stay in the southern hemisphere. Jul 21, 2008 listen to my antonia audiobook by willa cather. Last week, around 30,000 people downloaded books from my site 8 people gave donations.
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