![]() ![]() The second half of the book changes the whole tone of the novel. From this point on, Enid disappears from Claude’s life entirely and again he feels lost. She decides to leave Nebraska to care for her ill-ridden sister, a missionary in China. ![]() Enid grows enamored with the temperance movement, women’s issues, and international Christian missionary work. Claude strikes up a romance with a local girl named Enid Royce when she cares for him while he recovers from an illness, and they are eventually married, though they quickly become emotionally distant from one another. Claude takes over management of the Wheeler Ranch in Nebraska. He is forced to return home when his father launches a new ranching venture in Colorado. Claude is sent to college at a Christian school, Temple College, only to transfer to the State University in Lincoln, where he thoroughly enjoys his studies but he still feels out of place. However, his father’s success has left Claude feeling purposeless. His mother is a devoutly pious Christian woman. It tells the story of a restless young man, Claude Wheeler, whose father is a successful Nebraska farmer, and a member of the early empire-building pioneers of the region. At any rate, the first half of One of Ours focuses on the slow-pace of life in rural Franklin, Nebraska (Southern Nebraska) in the early 20th century. ![]()
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