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Lucy Gayheart

… to the big city of Chicago, leaving behind the small-town politics of Haverford, Nebraska, in 1902. Lucy is pursuing … Lucy Gayheart  (1935) was Cather’s last novel set on the Great Plains and has drawn critical attention to it as a gothic …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, … six cozy guest rooms and two-and-a-half baths.  Book Now About the Guest House Image The Cather Second Home is a … rug evoke what Alexandra Bergson may have had in her own prairie farmhouse. Cozy and low-ceiled, as Willa Cather …
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All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … Guests are invited to view the exhibit as part of a guided tour. About the tour …
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Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop the Bookstore … the house, sparing it from demolition. Her intention is to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather …
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Finding Aids

… York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping TX-50-1000-055 … notes. Most entries are in Cather’s hand; a few are in another hand, possibly Edith Lewis’s. Language:  The material …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… restored, and siding that matches the original historic profile was installed. Relocation of new mechanical …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy Gayheart . The bank is also the first building owned and …
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Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

… dive into bicycle culture during Cather's early years. It includes the full text of "Tommy, the Unsentimental." Henrietta Solway Zine Document Featuring the full text of "Tommy, the Unsentimental," this document is meant …
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Making a Place Exhibit Opening!

… writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel  Lucy Gayheart . The bank is also the first building owned and …
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Willa Cather Biography

… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book,  April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
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