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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 …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023

All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.”  After …
Posted: 04/30/2026
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Support

… is in disrepair, will require significant restoration in order to be saved. In May 2023 a Virginia realtor purchased …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Finding Aids

… by a straight pin.  The maker of the address book and its place of purchase are currently unknown. No dates are … Books   Geographic Names, United States Atlanta (inhabited place) Berkeley (inhabited place) Billerica (inhabited … Life in Relation to the Creative Spirit in Man and Nature 1906  Francis E. Duncan Book sold from Miller & Paine …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… they could not endure their own town a moment longer.”     –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather … of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.” …
Posted: 02/14/2024
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… Image Image Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud A New Permanent Exhibit for the Farmers & … became acquainted with Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for … in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy Gayheart . The bank is also the …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

… and novels A Lost Lady, The Professor’s House, and Lucy Gayheart are woven together and reimagined to tell a story …
Posted: 02/18/2021
Last Updated: 07/23/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/29/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … her fine study of Willa Cather's fiction  After the World Broke in Two , the late Merrill Maguire Skaggs … letters are held in archives throughout the country and the world and, until recently direct quotation from them—as …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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