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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… its compelling characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
Image Experience America’s Literary Legacy Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." - …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… off solely for Cather as the eldest of seven siblings. The simple room with board walls and sloping ceilings was for a …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… the adaption of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Adams . …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography
… on the Rock ; and the cultural intricacies of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in Sapphira and the …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Governors at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska! When people now speak of the leading American …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Press Room
… the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact Information Catherine Pond, Marketing … her family traveled west from Virginia to Webster County, Nebraska. The region had been largely settled by the … national and international readership (while also elevating Nebraska in her love for it, and its people). Cather’s …
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