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Catherton Cemetery

… Ann Caroline Cather, Willa's grandparents—the Burdens in My Ántonia . "The moonlight silvered the long billowy grass …
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Murphy Grave

… given by J. L. Miner, prototype for Christian Harling in My Ántonia , to be the Catholic Cemetery. Around 1904, most … Murphy graves remain. James Murphy was the prototype for  My Ántonia 's Larry Donovan. He died of tuberculosis in … always able to make some foolish heart ache over it.” — My Antonia Country Tour United States …
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Cloverton Cemetery

… prototypes for Ántonia Shimerda Cuzak and Anton Cuzak of  My Antonia  and the Rosickys of "Neighbour Rosicky." Country …
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Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat

… in some of Willa Cather's most beloved novels, such as My Ántonia , O Pioneers! , and The Song of the Lark . Join …
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Small Town Big Dreams

… Small Town Big Dreams March 3, 2010 "On my way East I broke my journey at Hastings, in Nebraska, … famous people to emerge from south central Nebraska were pioneers--Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, and Willa …
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Antonia's Accent

… Image Antonia's Accent December 9, 2008 Willa Cather chose to … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, …
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Elderhostel

… :  Orientation Lectures and Class discussion : Novels:  My Ántonia, A Lost Lady , Death Comes for the Archbishop …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The … based on Cather's Nebraska story, " The Bohemian Girl . " O Pioneers! and " The Bohemian Girl " will be the featured … minutes. The featured texts for this conference will be O Pioneers! and "The Bohemian Girl," but papers addressing …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… national recognition for novels such as O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, in which she drew on her own experiences of …
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2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image 2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference March 13, 2014 Mapping Literary Landscapes: Environments and Ecosystems  June 5–7, 2014 | Red Cloud, Nebraska … to her characters, defining them and their situations. In O Pioneers! and My Ántonia , Cather was the first American …
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