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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 exceptional … 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

… Small Town Big Dreams March 3, 2010 "On my way East I broke my journey at Hastings, in … famous people to emerge from south central Nebraska were pioneers--Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, and Willa …
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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 Cloud Opera House are … 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, Poet: Making Herself Born The 57th annual … 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 Cather Foundation staff and board … at the Celebration of Nebraska Books in Lincoln when O Pioneers! was announced as the One Book One Nebraska …
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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 … as in " A Wagner Matinee " or Pauline's career in Lucy Gayheart Wine and/or beer: Vavrika's saloon in " The …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… Image Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame February 25, 2011 On Friday, April 1, 2011 the Empire State Center … first achieved national recognition for novels such as O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, in which she drew on her own …
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An Evening of Arts and Entertainment

… Image An Evening of Arts and Entertainment September 11, 2013 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! with a special evening in Omaha featuring an art …
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