<b>One of Ours</b> is a 1922 novel by <b>Willa Cather</b> that won the 1923 <b>Pulitzer Prize for the Novel</b>. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native in the first decades of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father&#39;s success and his own inexplicable malaise.<br /><br /><b>Willa Sibert Cather</b>&nbsp;born Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 &ndash; April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including <b>O Pioneers!</b>, <b>The Song of the Lark</b>, and <b>My &Aacute;ntonia</b>. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for <b>One of Ours</b>, a novel set during World War I.