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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… From an early age, she established her “library,” with her books labeled and sometimes numbered in the back room of her … the many facets of Cather’s interactions with both her books and her readers, we hope attendees will be inspired to … Imagination In her own time as in ours, Willa Cather’s books created vibrant and varied communities of readers. …
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Historic Sites
… author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … Carrie, Mary, and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia …
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The Passing Show
… Image Pleasures and Disruptions: Reading Cather Collectively Spring Conference Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 … and Associate Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wyoming. Her writing on 19th … Writers , a more inclusive update to their Four Stories volume, is forthcoming from Penguin Classics in 2025. She is …
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Author Series and Book Signing: Gail Shaffer Blankenau
… Online Now Observe National Nebraska Day by learning more about the complex history of the state's south central … Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory , at the Red Cloud Opera House auditorium at 1:00 p.m. central time. Blankenau's book …
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Willa Cather Biography
… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … her first book, April Twilights and Other Poems . Some, A Lost Lady in 1923, parts of The Professor's House in 1925, …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… their libraries and take advantage of the full range of new scholarship and biographical resources that have recently …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
… Special Events Friday, Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join us for a lecture about Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879 — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880 — Willa Cather’s second oldest … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… lodging through Airbnb at the Cather Second Home Guest House —a Cather family home—and the Villa Willa , a modern … programs, and exhibits — held at the Red Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center — to plan … skies, and stay safe while you visit! Click HERE for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native …
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