Alexander's Bridge

Willa Cather, in full Wilella Sibert Cather, (born December 7, 1873, near Winchester, Virginia, U.S.--died April 24, 1947, New York City, New York), American novelist noted for her portrayals of the settlers and frontier life on the American plains..

Cather's first novel, Alexander's Bridge (1912), was a factitious sto