Willa Cather Nailed the Immigrant Ideal We Should Cherish

In ‘My Antonia,’ published a century ago, the American novelist gave us a durable heroine with embodies all the positives about immigration without once sounding saccharine.

Nicolaus Mills

Published Feb. 17 2018 9:28PM EST 

Nicolaus Mills

nmills@sarahlawrence.edu

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