Thanks to Sloum for the mention [0] of Willa Cather's "'O
Pioneers!" [1]. I had not heard of this book before, but it looks
interesting to me as someone who likes historical fiction. I found
it is part of a trilogy of books called "The Prairie Trilogy", all
of which were written in the early 20th century, and are in the
public domain in nicely formatted versions from standardebooks.org
(just do an author search). So, downloaded and on my to-read list!
[0]:
gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~sloum/phlog/2025-07-10.txt
[1]:
gopher://gopherpedia.com/0/O%20Pioneers!