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Willa Cather based "Death Comes for the Archbishop" on William Howlett’s account of the life of Father Macheboeuf, vicar to Archbishop Lamy of New Mexico. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the book follows the fortunes of Father Latour and his assistant and friend, Father Vaillant, as they organize the disjointed religious structure of the southwestern missions. The two face a formidable task, made more difficult by powerful priests long in control of the area who are loathe to abandon the corruption into which they have fallen. Working together diligently and with an unshakable faith, Father Latour and Father Vaillant eventually reclaim the region and bring its far-flung communities under the guidance of a single diocese.
First published in 1927, "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is the book that Cather believed to be her finest work. Like "The Professor’s House," it is a novel that explores the life of a man and draws on the American Southwest for its setting. Here the similarity ends, however, as the tone of the two books is quite different.
Unlike the earlier books, this one celebrates the life choices of its central characters, finding in the lives of Father Joseph Vaillant and Father Jean Marie Latour a simple dignity and extraordinary fulfillment.
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Rating★★★★ 4.2 (57.9K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Christian & Inspirational, Young Adult
Length7 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 24, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue: At Rome
221. Don Antonio
2BOOK ONE. THE VICAR APOSTOLIC
232. The Lady
31. The Cruciform Tree
24BOOK SEVEN. THE GREAT DIOCESE
42. Hidden Water
251. The Month Of Mary
53. The Bishop Chez Lui
262. December Night
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64. A Bell And A Miracle
273. Spring In The Navajo Country
7BOOK TWO. MISSIONARY JOURNEYS
284. Eusabio
81. The White Mules
29BOOK EIGHT. GOLD UNDER PIKE’S PEAK
92. The Lonely Road to Mora
301. Cathedral
10BOOK THREE. THE MASS AT ÁCOMA
312. A Letter From Leavenworth
111. The Wooden Parrot
323. Auspice Maria!
122. Jacinto
33BOOK NINE. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
133. The Rock
341
144. The Legend Of Fray Baltazar
352
15BOOK FOUR. SNAKE ROOT
363
161. The Night At Pecos
374
172. Stone Lips
385
18BOOK FIVE. PADRE MARTÍNEZ
396
191. The Old Order
407
202. The Miser
418
21BOOK SIX. DOÑA ISABELLA
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