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Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library

… details of "The Grief of the Pasha" in her 1915 novel, The Song of the Lark. Image Willa Cather wrote her name and the year 1882 in …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… Image Presented in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … on December 7, 1873, the eldest of an eventual seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather … and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … 1897 and visited by Cather on return trips, is now on the National Register of Historic Places and open year-round for … in New York City and is buried four days later in Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire. 1948  — Knopf releases  The Old …
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Book Club Resources

… childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” The Burlington Depot, the … book club visit to Red Cloud.  O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel,  The Song of the Lark .  “That is when I realized Cather's interest in opera … This aria is indirectly mentioned by Thea in The Song of the Lark , since she often played an aria from it …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National … the parlor and attic are reminiscent of descriptions in The Song of the Lark . Cather wallpapered her attic bedroom …
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Novels

… 2019 Document My Ántonia Classroom Resource 9.63 MB The Song of the Lark Thea's Pursuit of Artistic Success "If youth did not … companion with whom she shared a secret." Document The Song of the Lark Curriculum 1.04 MB Document The Song of the …
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