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Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Willa Cather Biography

Early Years
Education and Early Work
Cather the Novelist

About Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Prologue: At Rome
Book 1: The Vicar Apostolic: Chapter 1
Book 1: The Vicar Apostolic: Chapter 2
Book 1: The Vicar Apostolic: Chapter 3
Book 1: The Vicar Apostolic: Chapter 4
Book 2: Missionary Journeys: Chapter 1
Book 2: Missionary Journeys: Chapter 2
Book 3: The Mass at Acoma: Chapter 1
Book 3: The Mass at Acoma: Chapter 2
Book 3: The Mass at Acoma: Chapter 3
Book 3: The Mass at Acoma: Chapter 4
Book 4: Snake Root: Chapter 1
Book 4: Snake Root: Chapter 2
Book 5: Padre Martinez: Chapter 1
Book 5: Padre Martinez: Chapter 2
Book 6: Dona Isabella: Chapter 1
Book 6: Dona Isabella: Chapter 2
Book 7: The Great Diocese: Chapter 1
Book 7: The Great Diocese: Chapter 2
Book 7: The Great Diocese: Chapter 3
Book 7: The Great Diocese: Chapter 4
Book 8: Gold Under Pikes Peak: Chapter 1
Book 8: Gold Under Pikes Peak: Chapter 2
Book 8: Gold Under Pikes Peak: Chapter 3
Book 9: Death Comes for the Archbishop: Chapters 1–8

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Jean Marie Latour
Joseph Vaillant
Kit Carson
Padre Gallegos, Fray Baltazar Montoya, Padre Marino Lucero, and Antonio Joseph Martinez
Don Antonio and Dona Isabella Olivares
Philomene, Magdalena, and Inez Olivares
Jacinto, Eusabio, Benito, and Manuelito

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Major Themes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Catholic Novel

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Book 3: The Mass at Acoma: Chapter 1

Cather contrasts the worldliness of Father Gallegos with the austere devotion of Father Jesus de Baca. de Baca is more like his namesake, Jesus, than is Gallegos.

The wooden parrot is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, which usually is depicted as a white dove.

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