This first publication of the letters of one of America’s most consistently admired writers is both an exciting and a significant literary event. Willa Cather, wanting to be judged on her work alone, clearly forbade the publication of her letters in her will. But now, more than sixty-five years after her death, with her literary reputation as secure as a reputation can be, the letters have become available for publication. The 566 letters collected...

The story of a French priest who goes to New Mexico and, with another priest, wins the southwest for the Catholic Church. After forty years, he dies--the archbishop of Santa Fe.