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Cather Book Club: Sapphira and the Slave Girl
… On April 21 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at …
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Finding Aids
… Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923 My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather 1918 1st printing Elsie … of "Spanish Johnny" and "The Swedish Monther" pasted in My Ántonia BK-50-320 Willa Cather` 1918 association copy "To … Toho University Goichi Fukui 1979 Article Tx-50-4000-F32 "Remembering Willa Cather" in Woman's Press Lorna R. R. …
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Through Darkness to Light
… grows on the north side of trees. An estimated 100,000 enslaved people chose to embark on a journey in search of … Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains
… - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Enjoy an afternoon filled … escaped to freedom and traveled roughly 2,000 miles to visit actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… her life, struggled to write the story of her home state. Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) is of increasing interest to contemporary …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration
… Presentation at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Special Events Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 2 - 3:30pm ET Museum of the … at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For further information on the event and the nonprofit Willa Cather’s …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… moved to Nebraska from Virginia in 1883. Her final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … are the primary attraction, in many ways Willa Cather the person looms large in the critical interest her works have …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … the grave of her cousin, G. P. Cather, whose death in World War I and letters written home inspired Cather to … officer and the first person from Webster County to die in World War I. Cather switches publishers from Houghton …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels Sapphira and the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
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