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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers

… her novels written during WWI— The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia — and through her letters, her essays “Roll Call …
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Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society

… one of the annual gatherings since that time. “I first read My Ántonia as a sophomore in high school, and Cather has …
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2015 Scholarships Awarded

… School. Educator Scholarship recipients were Brother Jeremy Dominc of Necedah, Wisconsin, who teaches junior high and … Anna Sadilek Pavelka, the prototype and inspiration for Antonia Shimerda Cuzak, the major character in Cather’s novel My Ántonia . The scholarship winners and the Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

… Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: My Ántonia (1918) May: One of Ours (1922) June: A Lost Lady (1923) July: The Professor's House (1925) August: My Mortal Enemy (1926) September: Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) …
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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 the complete dome of heaven, all there was of it.” — My Ántonia Country Tour United States …
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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

… 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 …
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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, and set off with an … farm. At a little past midday, I knew I must be nearing my destination. Set back on a swell of land at my right, I …
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