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Willa Cather Timeline

… 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, Cather enrolls at the … by Knopf. 1936  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… writers of the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… and gradual emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
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Book Club Resources

… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … in the Cather family’s Second Home with your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and …
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Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson

… of the 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , Death Comes for the …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa … come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings … at  rolsen@willacather.org  or or (402) 746-2653.  LODGING : We offer comfortable and unique historic lodging …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … in Red Cloud on December 7, 1973. What resulted four years later was a single 8 cent stamp with Cather’s likeness. … she preached. Miss Cather (1873-1947) echoed in many of her novels the same theme—the spirit and courage of pioneer …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy pioneers who subdued its frontiers. And her voice, at once … the passing of those splendid men and women, the sturdy pioneers who brought our fruitful acres under subjection and … the hope that something went into the ground with those pioneers that will one day come out again. Something that …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… Gynt” — referencing Norwegian immigrants as in Cather’s O Pioneers! Dvorak’s “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech …
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Novels

… to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of … so far—he, who was so afraid of being fooled!" Willa Cather Review , Vol. 63.2 Summer 2022 Telling War Stories: The …
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