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Title: American Frontier
Review: Willa Cather's nostalgic Death comes for the Archbishop presents us the American frontier in the second half of the nineteenth century. In a land that is now New Mexico, her novel shows us the meeting between cultured Europeans, partially catechized Mexicans, and soon to disappear Indians. The protagonist Father Jean Latour must combat his desire for companionship and esteem as he establishes a diocese in the midst of a barren and desolate landscape. Cather's novel impels the reader to ask why a person would forgo the comfort and security of a familiar world to plunge into one where the only certainties are toil and sacrifice.
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