The Song of the Lark;With an Excerpt by H. L. Mencken

First published in 1915, "The Song of the Lark" is a novel by American author Willa Cather. Her third novel, it is considered the sequel to "O Pioneers!" (1913) and prequel to "My ntonia" (1918). The story revolves around a talented Colorado artist who turns her hand to singing to the backdrop of a burgeoning American West at the turn of the twentieth century. Contents include: "Friends Of Childhood", "The Song Of The Lark", "Stupid Faces", "The Ancient People", "Dr Archie's Venture", "Kronborg", and "Epilogue". Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer famous for her novels related to frontier life on the Great Plains. Other notable works by this author include: "O Pioneers!" (1913) and "My ntonia" (1918). She won the Pulitzer Prize for her World War I novel "One of Ours" (1922). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an excerpt from "Willa Cather - Written For The Borzoi, 1920" by H. L. Mencken.