Death Comes for the Archbishop

Publisher Marketing: 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 clergy after the United States acquired New Mexico in the Mexican-American War. As a result of the U. S. victory, the dioceses of the new state were remapped by the Vatican to reflect the new national borders. Several of these entrenched priests are depicted as examples of greed, avarice, and gluttony, while others live simple, abstemious lives among the Native Americans. Cather portrays the Hopi and Navajo sympathetically, and her characters express the near futility of overlaying their religion on a millennia-old native culture. The novel was included on Time's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, and Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century and was chosen by the Western Writers of America to be the 7th-best "Western Novel" of the 20th century. Mogul Classics is proud to offer you the best edition of this literary classic featuring one of the greatest classics of the 20th century. Review Citations: Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 624 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1442 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 594 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 733 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 90 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 900 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 125 (EAN 9780679728894, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 156 (EAN 9780679413196, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 733 (EAN 9780679413196, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 90 (EAN 9780679413196, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 900 (EAN 9780679413196, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 125 (EAN 9780679413196, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 674 (EAN 9780394421544, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 111 (EAN 9780394421544, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/15/1999 pg. 150 (EAN 9780803214293, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 624 (EAN 9780606015516, Prebound-Sewn) Contributor Bio:  Cather, Willa A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Willa Cather's work was profoundly influenced by her upbringing in rural Nebraska. During her young adulthood Cather proved herself intelligent and capable, initially training for a career as a medical doctor, but discovered a love of, and talent for, writing while attending the University of Nebraska. Following graduation, Cather worked as a journalist for several women's magazines before becoming a high school teacher; an opportunity work as an editor at McClure's provided Cather with her first chance to publish as the magazine serialized her first novel, Alexander's Bridge, to critical acclaim. This was soon followed by works that have since become best-loved American classics, including My ?ntonia, The Song of the Lark, and her Pulitzer-Prize winner, One of Ours. Cather died in 1947 at the age of 73.