Laura Bush lauds Willa Cather's timeless tales at opening of center that honors Red Cloud's famous novelist

Laura Bush lauds Willa Cather's timeless tales at opening of center that honors Red Cloud's famous novelist

June 4, 2017

Article written by Matthew Hansen of the Omaha World-Herald 

RED CLOUD, Neb. — A first lady came to Willa Cather’s hometown Saturday and officially opened a $7 million center meant to re-ignite fascination in the famed novelist and the tiny Nebraska town where she set her most famous books.

Former first lady Laura Bush gave the keynote address during an afternoon ceremony, praising Cather’s portrayal of the rugged Great Plains and its tough-as-nails women in books such as “O Pioneers” and “My Ántonia.” Bush then cut the ribbon on the National Willa Cather Center, which houses a museum, a bookstore, an archive and several apartments and businesses on a historically preserved block of main street...

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