Death comes for the Archbishop

In 1851 French Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows-- gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes...

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Main Author: Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1955.
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