Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels OPioneers My Antonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather becamethe managi... » 

Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels OPioneers My Antonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather becamethe managing editor of McClures magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather coauthored a scathing biography of the head of the Christian Science church MaryBaker Eddy. The Christian Scientists tried to buy up every copy. Later theUniversity of Nebraska republished it. Written in 1915 The Song of the Lark isthe most autobiographical of her novels. The story set in Colorado recounts thelife of a young girl who leaves a small town to go to the big city to become anopera singer. As she climbs in her profession she sees the lesser talents ofthose around her. She is forced to leave behind relationships that do not helpher achieve her goals. «