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ISBN: 9798212987370
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ISBN: 9798874610340
| Runtime: | 7.59 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A Time Magazine Pick of 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005
One of the Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
A Life Magazine Pick of 100 Outstanding Books of 1924 to 1944
A Western Writers of America Pick as Seventh Best Western Novel of the 20th Century
In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour becomes the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. While the area is American by law, it's still Mexican and Indian by custom and belief.
During the years that follow, Latour tirelessly but gently spreads his faith while facing external and internal obstacles
Loosely based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy and the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, this novel chronicles the events that occur after the capture of the southwest by American forces during the Mexican-American war.
Author
Author Bio: Willa Cather
Willa Cather (1873–1947), the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifteen books, is widely considered one of the major fiction writers of the twentieth century. She grew up in Nebraska and is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Song of the Lark. In 1944 she was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Ours.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 7.59 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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