One of Ours
by Willa Cather
An intimate life story of a young man. Claude Wheeler's stormy youth, mysterious marriage, and his final adventure, unleashing the shameful energy of the child's nature, are told with almost epic simplicity. World War I offers him even more, but he may want more excitement than life itself can afford. Wanting him as much as he wants cannot protect him from the effects of personal courage in the age of killing machines. But behind the personal drama is an ever-deepening sense of national drama, a national character that creates itself through individuals and their destinies.
