Author and Illustrator inscribed/signed on the half-title page: "To B- - My heavens - we have known each other for a long time. And we are historical because we were at UNO - Best wishes Lonnie Pierson Dunbier." "to B- - with warm regards - Louise Bereuter." First Edition. Square trade paperback. General wear to cover edges/corners. Back cover has some bend from being carelessly handled. Content pages are clean and unmarked. 208 pages.

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Title: Lyra and Silas Garber: A First Couple in Frontier History and in Willa Cather's "A Lost Lady"
Publisher: Western Edge Press
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1889921165
ISBN 13: 9781889921167
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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In the late 19th century, Lyra and Silas Garber were well known in Nebraska. Silas Garber was the founder of Red Cloud, Nebraska, and the state's fourth governor. When Lyra came to Nebraska in 1875 as Silas' much younger bride, she was known for her beauty, fashionable dress, and social grace. The Garbers are not only significant in the history of Nebraska, but also gained national fame due to their association with American writer Willa Cather, whose controversial novel, _A Lost Lady_, was patterned after the Garbers' lives. The Garbers' personal story is told against the backdrop of American history from the Civil War through the California Gold Rush, frontier settlement, the building of the railroads, and a wildly fluctuating economy. Sure to interest readers of both history and literature, this biography sheds new light on the question of fiction versus fact in the painful and fascinating saga of a high-profile couple in early Nebraska.

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