![]() ![]() “What finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. in the Mexican–American War, which took place from 1846 to 1848.Īs described in the 1990 Vintage edition: The plot is inspired by the capture of the Southwest by the U.S. The novel is historically based, drawing from the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy(1814 – 1888). He has traveled there from Sandusky, Ohio, with his friend, Joseph Vaillant, a vicar. It tells an almost mythic tale of a life simply lived in the American southwest.įather Jean Marie Latour, the novel’s main character, arrives in New Mexico in 1851 to serve as the Apostolic Vicar. It’s a fixture on numerous listings of best American literature of the twentieth century. Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) is often considered one of Willa Cather’s best novels, if not her masterpiece. ![]()
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