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RINDGE, N.H. (AP) — Franklin Pierce University is dedicating its annual Grand Monadnock Climb to Willa Cather — so those who reach the mountain's summit will be able to participate in a reading of the author's "My Antonia."
The event, scheduled Sept. 10, will be filmed by university students.
The university was awarded a $9,500 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the project. It's one of 77 organizations nationwide awarded a grant and one of only two in New Hampshire.
Cather, who was born in Nebraska, became a fixture in the Monadnock region during the late summer of 1917, when she was invited to stay with friends in Jaffrey Center. She completed much of "My Ántonia" in Jaffrey and nearby Peterborough.
Cather is buried in the town cemetery in Jaffrey Center.
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