Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/none
- ISBN 10
- 0679728899
- ISBN 13
- 9780679728894
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About This Item
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
Synopsis
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 was included on Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as well as the Modern Library's list of the 100 Best Novels.
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- Bookseller
- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4540
- Title
- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- Author
- Willa Cather
- Illustrator
- cover illustration Sally Mara Sturman Cover design Susan Mitchell book designed by Ann Gold
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vintage Classic Edition Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679728899
- ISBN 13
- 9780679728894
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990-06-16
- Size
- about 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 in
- Keywords
- Willa Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop Vintage Classic Edition reprint, book designed by Ann Gold. Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Vintage (June 16, 1990) Language: English ISBN: 0679728899, 978-0679728894 Size about 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 in Ruth Reaser..LAX
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