MY ÁNTONIA
BY
WILLA SIBERT CATHER
Optima dies . . . prima fugit
Virgil
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
W. T. BENDA
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
TO
CARRIE AND IRENE MINER
In memory of affections old and true
CONTENTS
| Introduction | ix |
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| BOOK I | |
| The Shimerdas | 3 |
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| BOOK II | |
| The Hired Girls | 163 |
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| BOOK III | |
| Lena Lingard | 291 |
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| BOOK IV | |
| The Pioneer Woman's Story | 335 |
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| BOOK V | |
| Cuzak's Boys | 369 |
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY WILLA SIBERT CATHER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published September, 1918
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