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Cather Homestead

… location of the Cather homestead—the Burden homestead in My Ántonia . Willa Cather came here in 1883. Even then she was aware of the light air, the earth, the …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015

Catherton Cemetery

… Ann Caroline Cather, Willa's grandparents—the Burdens in My Ántonia . "The moonlight silvered the long billowy grass …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015

Murphy Grave

… given by J. L. Miner, prototype for Christian Harling in My Ántonia , to be the Catholic Cemetery. Around 1904, most of … Murphy graves remain. James Murphy was the prototype for  My Ántonia 's Larry Donovan. He died of tuberculosis in …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015

Cloverton Cemetery

… are buried. Anna and John Pavelka are prototypes for Ántonia Shimerda Cuzak and Anton Cuzak of  My Antonia  and the Rosickys of "Neighbour Rosicky." Country …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/28/2015

Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat

… Image Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat October 13, 2014 The Willa Cather … evening cabaret show with Mary Carrick; Saturday night lodging at the historic Cather Second Home; and two guided … Song of the Lark . Join us on Saturday, November 8th and visit one of the most famous villages in American …
Posted: 10/23/2014
Last Updated: 11/03/2014

Small Town Big Dreams

… Small Town Big Dreams March 3, 2010 "On my way East I broke my journey at Hastings, in … in front that sloped down to the highroad." -- My Ántonia by Willa Cather The Hastings/Adams County Convention …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 09/23/2014

Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/18/2014

Elderhostel

… and Class discussion : Novels:  My Ántonia, A Lost Lady , Death Comes for the Archbishop Short Stories:  "A Wagner Matinee," "Neighbour …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014

"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The 2010 Willa Cather Spring …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014

Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… Image Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame February 25, 2011 On Friday, …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 09/15/2014

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