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Alexander's Bridge

… Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious engineer, Bartley … integrity and the life choices he has made.  Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be … writing. Told from a more Eurocentric view than her later novels, this is Cather’s first attempt at long-form fiction …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the … should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications. Acquisition Information:  This …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the holidays, many of us will turn our … demolished for subway construction. The five-story brick building is now commemorated with a plaque noting Cather's … neighborhood of Red Cloud, you can always book an archives tour or make an appointment for research by visiting our …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … Center, New Hampshire. Her domestic partner, Edith Lewis, selected her final resting place and designed her tombstone, … , and a large body of nonfiction, journalism, speeches, and letters.  Critical Biography Bibliography Honors & …
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Willa Cather Biography

… as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics and commentators have increasingly identified … and this was a decision that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic … letters.  A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … Cather visits Red Cloud. 1901  — Cather takes a job teaching high school students in Pittsburgh and moves into … Lady , Cather vows not to allow any more adaptations of her works. She later stipulates this in her will. 1935  — In the …
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Book Club Resources

… The Professor's House The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock …
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Bibliography

… Medusa  1920 Obscure Destinies  1932 The Old Beauty and Others  1948 Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912  1965 Uncle Valentine and Other Stories: Willa Cather's Uncollected …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 5.1  Spring 1961 Editor: Miriam Mountford  Letter to Supporters p. 1  … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by … TITLE: The Non-Interpretation of Dreams: Cather's Use of Detail in Characterization  AUTHOR: Margaret Doane p. 60  …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published January 10, 2012 Fragments from Willa Cather’s Lost Work Published for the … wrote prolifically; her later works include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A …
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