Their home in Red Cloud is still known as the "Ducker Home", and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Known as "the Englishman", William Ducker had a fine library, and was an early mentor to Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, WILLA CATHER...and he is often credited in her Bio's as her tutor in Greek & Latin. She and others in town often referred to him as 'Uncle Will'.
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Their home in Red Cloud is still known as the "Ducker Home", and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Known as "the Englishman", William Ducker had a fine library, and was an early mentor to Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, WILLA CATHER...and he is often credited in her Bio's as her tutor in Greek & Latin. She and others in town often referred to him as 'Uncle Will'.
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