Ken Burns Presents Willa Cathers America
b'Host Meg Wolitzer helps a great documentarian celebrate a great American author. Cather, author of novels like My Antonia and O Pioneers! just had her sesquicentennial\\u2014her 150th birthday. And Burns hosted a live evening of her shorter works. On this program, we feature \\u201cThe Way of the World,\\u201d in which an imaginary town\\u2019s young \\u201ccitizens\\u201d are rife with romance and rivalry. The reader is Sonia Manzano. And a weary farmer\\u2019s wife recaptures her long-dormant passion for music at \\u201cA Wagner Matinee,\\u201d read by David Strathairn.'