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Alexander's Bridge

… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious … the two women and the lives they represent, in Alexander’s Bridge , Bartley grapples with intense indecision and guilt. …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Related Materials: The NWCC also holds a number of bound volumes of McClure’s Magazine , Ladies Home Journal , and … children, as well as some unidentified people. Diplomas and teaching certificates, commencement program for Roscoe and …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the holidays, many of us will … our thoughts to setting goals and making a fresh start in a new year. In 1913, Willa Cather was doing the same thing. …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… . After the publication of her first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , Cather left the magazine to focus full-time on her …
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Willa Cather Biography

… southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny … to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
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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 … Red Cloud, the town’s third train depot, built in 1897 and visited by Cather on return trips, is now on the National …
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Book Club Resources

… your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and friends.  If your group can’t make it to Red Cloud, we would love to come to you! Take a virtual tour of …
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Bibliography

… The Writings of Willa Cather   Novels Alexander's Bridge  1912 O Pioneers!  1913 The Song of the Lark  1915 My …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … 1961 p. 1  Notes on the Financial Report p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. … Mellanee Kvasnicka p. 4  TITLE: Book Review: Approaches to Teaching Cather's My Ántonia, S. Rowsowski Editor p. 4  …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… wrote prolifically; her later works include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A …
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