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Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather is a mesmerizing tale of faith, perseverance, and the untamed beauty of the American Southwest. Follow the journey of Bishop Latour and his friend Father Vaillant as they navigate the challenges of building a diocese in a rugged... Read Full Overview

About Death Comes for the Archbishop Death Comes for the Archbishop by American author Willa Cather is a work of literary fiction first published in the US. ' The Miracles of the Church seem to me not to rest so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near... Read Full Overview

A towering work of twentieth-century American literature, Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop tells the story of the French Catholic priest Jean Marie Latour, the first bishop of the diocese of New Mexico, which was created after the Mexican-American War. With his... Read Full Overview

"Death Comes for the Archbishop" is the critically acclaimed novel of the settlement of the American Southwest by celebrated author Willa Cather. First published in 1927, it is widely regarded as one of the best American books of the 20th century and masterfully captures this... Read Full Overview

In the aftermath of the Mexican-American War, two French Jesuit priests travel to the American Southwest to establish a new Roman Catholic diocese. Upon arrival, Father Jean Marie Latour and Father Joseph Vaillant encounter an ethnically diverse population in an unforgiving landscape,... Read Full Overview

Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory.The novel portrays two well-meaning and devout French priests who will encounter a well-entrenched Spanish-Mexican... Read Full Overview

Willa Cather's story of the missionary priest Father Jean Marie Latour and his work of faith in the wilderness of the Southwest is told with a spare but sensuous directness and profound artistry--with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt.

When Latour arrives... Read Full Overview