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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 … 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
… front 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 efforts …
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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, … 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be held May 31-June 2, … 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"
… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The … based on Cather's Nebraska story, " The Bohemian Girl . " O Pioneers! and " The Bohemian Girl " will be the featured … of food and drink in Cather's writing. This day of scholarly papers and discussion will be followed by two days …
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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 … made a lasting contribution to literature. Willa Cather (1873-1947) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who … 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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