Before Willa Cather became a Pulitzer-prize winning author, she wrote S.S. McClure's autobiography. S.S. McClure's story is a true American rags-to-riches tale. Born into near-poverty in Ireland, McClure immigrated to Indiana with his mother when he was still a boy. After growing up on a farm in the Midwest, he moved to New York City and launched McClure's Magazine, one of the most influential American publications of all time. Willa Cather moved to New York City to work as Managing Editor for McClure's Magazine. When McClure decided to publish his memoirs, he tapped Cather to ghostwrite it. The result is this compelling tale, exquisitely told, of which Cather said was "better and truer McClure than McClure himself."