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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… NEH-Funded Digital Projects February 16, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce two new digital … Tucker, education director and archivist at the National Willa Cather Center. Creating such tools, she notes, is a …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains a revelation.” — Pulitzer Prize winner …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed
… November 14–17, 2024! We’ll explore the beautiful mountain town and the best of its historic and arts offerings, while … well as a host of selected outside readings, in addition to touring the Father Martinez Hacienda and Taos Pueblo, the … time in Taos, we will again be offering a guided walking tour in Santa Fe with professional tour guide Garrett Peck. …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… 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 extensive sixteen-month restoration, … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
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Historic Sites
… John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both My Ántonia and "Neighbour Rosicky," were married in this … and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia “to Carrie and … farm family in Nebraska. “We turned to leave the cave; Antonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children …
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The Foster Family
… home on Red Cloud's Elm Street; she sometimes worked out of town as a nurse-companion. John worked as a laborer, a … By all accounts, the family was beloved among Red Cloud's townspeople. Early photos show that black and white children … as a civil rights leader. In 1910, he and his band began touring with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce as they traveled …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023 Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… close friend. 1912 — Cather’s first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , appears in McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . …
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Book Club Resources
… O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia One of Ours One of Ours A Lost Lady A Lost Lady … The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock Shadows …
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