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Essay Contest Winners
… Image Essay Contest Winners September 17, 2012 "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating … the 100th publication anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is proud to announce … for topics and submission guidelines. Deadline March 15, 2013 …
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The Divide
… Image The Divide In "The Enchanted Bluff" Cather speaks of the "windy plain that was all windmills and cornfields and big pastures." In O Pioneers! she mentions the furrows that "often lie a mile in …
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Clay Shelving Draws
… Image Clay Shelving Draws “But for the piece of rusty stovepipe sticking up through the sod, you could … the coyote that had lived there before him had done.” —O Pioneers! Clay draws are examples of land formations used to …
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Bladen Road (Road 800)
… Image Bladen Road (Road 800) This road leads to the Divide. This may have been the one Alexandra traveled in O Pioneers! As you travel this road, you will notice the slow, …
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Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat
… Image Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat October 13, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is offering an … Willa Cather's most beloved novels, such as My Ántonia , O Pioneers! , and The Song of the Lark . Join us on Saturday, …
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Small Town Big Dreams
… that sloped down to the highroad." -- My Ántonia by Willa Cather The Hastings/Adams County Convention and Visitors … , Webster County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Willa Cather Foundation, and the Starke Round Barn have combined … at the Lied Superscreen Theatre and the Red Cloud Opera House, viewing the stars on the Cather Prairie and the …
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Currently On View In The Opera House
… Image Image Image Currently On View In The Opera House June 16, 2014 On view now in the historic Red … poetry, and also created an original work based on O Pioneers! in celebration of the 100th anniversary of its …
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Spring Conference Call for Papers
… Image Image Spring Conference Call for Papers December 5, 2011 Willa Cather, … one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be held May 31-June 2, 2012 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The event will be … Spring" at the beginning of her "real" first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights …
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One Book One Nebraska
… Image One Book One Nebraska November 4, 2012 Members of the Willa … at the Celebration of Nebraska Books in Lincoln when O Pioneers! was announced as the One Book One Nebraska selection for 2013! This honor coincides with many events commemorating the …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"
… of food and drink in Cather's writing. This day of scholarly papers and discussion will be followed by two days … production: agriculture and the Great Plains ( O Pioneers , My Antonia, One of Ours , etc.) as well as agriculture in other …
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