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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… with a singular voice in her body of poems, essays, short stories, and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  … Street ),  David Strathairn  ( Nomadland ), and more. Selected Shorts  is produced by Symphony Space and broadcast … began in 1985 and enjoys sold-out performances to this day. Selected Shorts was conceived with a simple premise: take …
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Serena's Album

… Serena's Album Loading Serena's Album Rediscovering Serena’s Album In … her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari Ronning theorizes that Serena came … This, too, may have been meant seriously; early aviation pioneers such as John Joseph Montgomery made headlines …
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Finding Aids

… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923   My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather  1918 1st printing Elsie …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. More than that, Cather's memorable … (the Czech Republic today) in 1880. While  My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes of enduring … Cather would have used it when traveling to and from her hometown. St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church 425 W. 3rd …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … sites were offered at 11:00 a.m., and 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.  World renowned author Willa Cather spent her formative years …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about …
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Historic Sites

… to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… northern Virginia to the pioneering prairie of the Nebraska Divide—a sensitive child at a critical age—was in many ways … for an incipient writer: though sparsely settled, the Divide between the Republican and Blue rivers offered her … put them too in some of her novels. During her time on the Divide, Cather attended a one-room school house, but Charles …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading

… National Willa Cather Center. Hear an excerpt from Taylor's new book, followed by what is sure to be an engaging talk … Times/Christopher Isherwood Prize and was named a  New York Times  Editors’ Choice; his  Proust: The Search  was …   York Times  Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag,  Debriefing , was published by …
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