Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather's best known work is an epic--almost mythic--story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. He finds is a vast territory of red hills, tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican, Indian in custom - belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently,contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests,his own loneliness. From this, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time suspended... Book is in good condition softcover show nominal wear mostly at the edges. Pages appear clean& unmarked. Death comes for the Archbishop, 1990 Vintage Classic Edition reprint, book designed by Ann Gold. Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Vintage (June 16, 1990) -cover illustration Sally Mara Sturman Cover design Susan Mitchell book designed by Ann Gold- ISBN: 0679728899, 9780679728894, New Mexico History Fiction, about 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 in Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. DeathComesArchbish 4540 Default 1 ZULU