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&LBR&R&LBR&R&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&R&LSTRONG&RChris Kraus&L/B&R is the author of &LI&RAliens & Anorexia&L/I&R, &LI&RI Love Dick&L/I&R, and the forthcoming novel, &LI&RTorpor&L/I&R. Described upon publication in &LI&RThe New York Times&L/I&R as “American in the best sense of the word,” &LI&RO Pioneers! &L/I&Rcelebrates the men and women who struggled to build a nation that is both compelling and contradictory. Above all, it champions the belief that hard work is the surest road to personal fulfillment. &LBR&R&LBR&RA gripping saga of love, murder, greed, failure, and triumph, O Pioneers! vividly portrays the hardships of prairie life. A model of emotional strength, courage, and resolve, Alexandra fights long and hard to transform her father’s patch of raw, wind-blasted prairie into a highly profitable business. &LI&RBarnes & Noble Classics &L/I&Rpulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.&L/DIV&R&L/DIV&R&LDIV&R &L/DIV&R&LDIV&R"The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman," writes &LB&RWilla Cather&L/B&R in &LI&RO Pioneers! &L/I&RThe country is America the woman is Alexandra Bergson, a fiercely independent young Swedish immigrant girl who inherits her father’s farm in Nebraska.

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