At an auction in this novel, a character frantically signals her husband to buy another man's turquoise shirt stud, then retreats to her fortune-telling tent, where the other man kisses her.
At an auction in this novel, a character frantically signals her husband to buy another man's turquoise shirt stud, then retreats to her fortune-telling tent, where the other man kisses her. Near the end of this novel's first part, two characters take a five-day trip to the river country, where they encounter a man experimenting with clover hay and learn about Charley Fuller's acquisition plans. A ruptured appendix causes the death of Amedee Chevalier in this novel's climactic fourth section, "The (*) White Mulberry Tree". Its protagonist is advised to keep her hogs clean to ensure their survival by Crazy Ivar. Carl Linstrum marries this novel's protagonist, whose brother Emil is found embracing Marie and is killed by a drunken Frank Shabata. For 10 points, identify this Willa Cather novel about Alexandra Bergson.
At an auction in this novel, a character frantically signals her husband to buy another man's turquoise shirt stud, then retreats to her fortune-telling tent, where the other man kisses her.
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