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Cather Book Club: Sapphira and the Slave Girl

… On April 21 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping … notes for book and personal Association of Adventist Forums newsletters Copyedited pages for index and sources Box …
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Through Darkness to Light

… grows on the north side of trees. An estimated 100,000 enslaved people chose to embark on a journey in search of … Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Enjoy an afternoon filled … at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support of the Baldwin …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl  (1940) is of increasing interest to contemporary …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … home will be preserved as a cultural attraction for the learning and the enjoyment of future generations. “This … help the National Willa Cather Center provide classroom resources for teachers, preserve historic sites associated …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … has been the new and ready availability of Cather’s own letters to researchers. These letters are held in archives … precluded by a proviso in Cather’s will. But The Selected Letters of Willa Cather (2013), edited by Andrew …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … graduates from the University of Nebraska and joins the staff of the  Courier . While still working for the  … House. (It would not reopen until after the Willa Cather Foundation begins its restoration efforts beginning in 1991 …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels   Sapphira and the Slave Girl   and   My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
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