Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather (1873-1947) is one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century. Her major works include O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, My Antonia, One of Ours (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and Death Comes for the Archbishop. Richard W. Etulain is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, where he also edited the New Mexico Historical Review (1979-1985 and 1991) and directed the Center for the American West (1989-2001). Etulain served as president at both the Western Literature and Western History associations. He is the author or editor of more than sixty books on the history and cultures of the American West.

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The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us."--Rebecca West "A book to be read slowly, to be savored from paragraph to paragraph. . . . It is quite the most nearly perfect thing the author has done."—The Nation "A truly remarkable book. . . . From the riches of her imagination and sympathy, Cather has distilled a very rare piece of literature."—New York Times Book Review"Willa Cather's masterpiece. . . . It is one of the serenest, most mellow, most peaceful books ever written."—The Commonweal