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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… at www.WillaCather.org. Willa Cather has been regarded as one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century. … her later works include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923), … the pioneering experience on the Plains. In 1923, One of Ours (1922) received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Her …
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2011 Season Pass

… and Dvorak. Rin-Tin-Tin XI, a descendent of the original, one of the most famous canines in the world, will make an … and neighbors, who have given their lives to protect ours. Save the date for Joseph Hall as Elvis who will take a …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… buildings devoted to one author in the United States. Both town and country tours of sites related to Cather are available; for more information, visit www.WillaCather.org or call 866-731-7304. Other New …
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Local artists' exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House

… have to their land in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, One of Ours . Protagonist Claude Wheeler, a farm boy from Nebraska, …
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Willa Cather Spring Conference Offers FREE Events

… and signing by Karen Gettert Shoemaker, author of the 2016 “One Book One Nebraska” selection The Meaning of Names . Shoemaker … am , The Passing Show, “Decades Since our Doughboy: One of Ours and the War Years,” will feature a discussion by Dan …
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Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow

… music through the air out of the silence of the attic. As one of the members of the committee that worked to raise the … Perry (“G. P.”) Cather, the model for Claude Wheeler in One of Ours , was their middle child (of five). Many once carefully …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year January 6, 2021 One silver lining of 2020 was that we were able to get … started volunteering last year he was quite clear about one thing. “I don’t want anything, I don’t want anything … anonymity is not likely to happen in a small nonprofit like ours where we are appreciative of, and reliant upon, the …
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Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley

… Frank Markley April 6, 2020 An avid reader and a frequent visitor to Red Cloud, Frank Markley has been a member of the Willa Cather Foundation for a staggering thirty-seven years. … of the other literary locations, and praised the “authentic experience” awaiting visitors to Red Cloud. Markley resides …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you … helped us picture what Cather and our ancestors must have experienced – the unbroken sea of grass stretching out to …
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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers

… writing of that period, particularly her 1922 novel One of Ours , which won the Pulitzer Prize. Scholars are invited to … are not limited to: • the critical and popular reception of One of Ours , the novel’s stance on the war, and comparisons …
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