O Pioneers! was written in 1913 by American novelist Willa Sibert Cather who tells us the course of life of the Bergsons who immigrated from Sweden to a fictional town Hanover, Nebraska at the beginning of the 20th century. The main hero Alexandra Bergson is a very strong-willed person. She inherits a farm after the death of her father and does everything to support this farm and turn it into a big and serious business while the other members of her family are not very interested in working on the farm. The slowly give up and move to big cities. Besides, the author focuses on the relationship between the main character Alexandra and the family friend Carl Linstrum as well as on the life story of he brother Emil and a married woman. The novel is divided into five parts each describing a special event from the Bergsons life.