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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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"Books Old and New"

… Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024   Today is … than meat and flour."  —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a complete reprint … those that have been tested and tried." Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New …
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The Potter Family

… this creek. All of the houses and buildings were built of logs. All of the people of the vicinity had lived there as …
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Willa Cather Biography

… in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, Morrison.” Yes, though Cather deserves to precede Hemingway on this list. Concluding her fine study of Willa … Cather. On April 24, 1947, Cather died from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… on Vermont in the Nation ,— the only interesting one so far in that dull and deadly series , the only one that … pastry shops of Prague or Vienna. The American lard pie never corrupted the Czech…” Her essay ends: "The population … grew from girlhood to maturity in Nebraska. Although her home is now in that mecca for the literary artisan, New …
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The Art Connection

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Friday, Feb 5, 2021 | 12am - Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 … The Red Cloud Opera House is pleased to welcome The Art Connection show, created by a group of artists located in …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
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