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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

… Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal … Small metal purse     Jewelry OBJ-50-1000-061 Gold snake ring     Correspondence TX-50-1000-062 Letter to … Emerson The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution 1912 n/a Verne, Jules Five Weeks in a Balloon n/d n/a Verne, Jules Michael …
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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

… Image Nebraska's Underground Railroad Special Events Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 | 1 - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … most likely found refuge on their journey north to freedom. Willa Cather's final novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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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

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 historic site tour options. After an …
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Willa Cather Biography

… 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
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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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