Willa Cather looms large in her hometown of Red ... The author’s bedroom is called “Frankfort,” the name she gave the town in One of Ours. Calla Kessler Come to Red Cloud.

2 It is customary to speak of Willa Gather as an “elegist” of the American pioneer ... redeemed — by virtue of memory and art. Her art is a singular one. The prose style is suave, candid, transparent, ...