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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … rented the home through 1904. Many of Cather’s best known writings depict life in Red Cloud and Webster County during …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… roads "—just as Willa Cather described them in  My Ántonia . In summer and early fall, you can also catch … cemeteries, churches, the Pavelka Farm made famous in  My Ántonia ,   and the Republican River where the Cather … over our heads making slow shadows on the grass. . . ." —My Ántonia Can't visit in person? Take these virtual prairie …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … National Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most … Places and open for guided tours regularly: Willa Cather’s Childhood Home , a National Historic Landmark, was the …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… during his three-week residency ). The platform at the Burlington Depot was cold and windy, but starkly beautiful and … New Orleans. As to place, I've typed in some extraordinary locations—Faulkner's Rowan Oak, a Sing Sing prison tower, a …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… porches: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 99-121 April 15 — Burlington Depot portico or Miner House : "Friends of Childhood," pp. … and video. To date, he has retyped 71 novels at various locations in the United States and Europe. Residencies at …
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Finding Aids

… with much Love, Willie October 1st, 1915 No dust jacket Youth and the Bright Medusa BK-50-309 Willa Cather 1920 1st trade Willa Sibert …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  Willa Cather Childhood home and … or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus Tours Meals, Lodging, and Perks Free meal & tours for bus drivers/tour …
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Historic Sites

… an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … removing redundant facilities from major lines. To save the building from destruction, it was moved from its original …
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Book Club Resources

… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … in the Cather family’s Second Home with your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and …
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