Alexander's Bridge was Willa Cather's first novel. It was originally published in 1912, then released a second time in 1922 after Cather had established her repuation. The second edition contained an author's preface. The book is about Bartley Alexander, a world-famous bridge designer, who struggles with integrity and infedility issues as he carries on an affair with his former lover, Hilda Burgoyne. Wilella Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947) is an eminent author from the United States. She is perhaps best known for her depictions of U.S. life in novels such as O Pioneers , My ntonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. Other Books of Willa Cather: Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) Pioneers (1913) My ntonia (1918) One of Ours (1923) Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) The Song of the Lark (1915) The Professor's House (1925) The Troll Garden and Selected Stories (1905) Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) Not Under Forty (1936)