Virtual Author Series: Lynda Beck Fenwick

Join us for a fascinating examination of the homesteader culture and prairie landscape featured in Willa Cather's novels as understood through the rise of populism in the region! Author Lynda Beck Fenwick will share passages from her recent book Prairie Bachelor: The Story of A Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement, which chronicles the life of Kansas homesteader Isaac Beckley Werner. Through Fenwick's historical lens, readers may also gain a richer context in which to read Cather's second novel, O Pioneers!.  Register for the event here.

You can purchase a copy of Lynda Beck Fenwick's book here.

This author series event is made possible by generous donor support as well as Humanities Nebraska (HN) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. NEH is committed to Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP).