# One of Ours — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for One of Ours by Willa Cather.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with a single line from Vachel Lindsay's poem, setting a tone of westward expansion and aspiration.
- [One of Ours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/one-of-ours.md): Claude Wheeler, a young man from the Nebraska prairie, feels a deep sense of disillusionment with his life on the farm and his family's expectations. He yearns for something more meaningful, a purpose beyond the mundane 
- [Book I: On Lovely Creek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/book-i-on-lovely-creek.md): The novel opens with a vivid description of the Nebraska landscape and the Wheeler family farm. Claude Wheeler, a young man with a restless spirit, feels out of place in his rural surroundings and struggles with his fami
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces the Wheeler family and their farm in Nebraska. Claude Wheeler wakes early on circus day, eager to go to Frankfort. His father Nat Wheeler is a large, jovial man who enjoys driving around the countr
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ii.md): Claude and Ernest Havel enjoy a peaceful picnic by the creek before the circus, reflecting on their friendship and contrasting temperaments. Claude's discomfort with his family's frugality and his brother Bayliss's insin

> 74 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=one_of_ours_se_717kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Book II: Enid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/book-ii-enid.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Building the House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Book III: Sunrise on the Prairie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/book-iii-sunrise-on-the-prairie.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Homecoming in Uniform](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Book IV: The Voyage of the Anchises](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/book-iv-the-voyage-of-the-anchises.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Book V: “Bidding the Eagles of the West Fly On”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/book-v-bidding-the-eagles-of-the-west-fly-on.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter: X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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