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Great Books - October
Death Comes for the Archbishop - book cover

Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather
October 14, 2009

In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are dispatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. For forty years, Latour spreads the faith along the endless prairies, deserts and mountains contending with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes rebellious priests and his own loneliness. Cather, one of America’ s greatest novelists, examines a stranger in a strange land as well as gives us insight into the earliest days of American history in the west. You’ll learn about Indian tribes, Mexicans, Spaniards and historical figures like Kit Carson.

Menu

Appetizer: Durango chicken quesadilla
Salad: Santa Fe salad
Entree: Beef fajita with warm tortillas, rice, and spicy Tex Mex corn
Dessert: Fried banana burrito

Presenter

Judith Steininger is a professor emeritus at MSOE.  She has also taught at UW-Milwaukee, Boston College and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, East Africa. She is a free lance writer both locally and nationally and is a regular contributor to Milwaukee Public Radio’s “Lake Effect” program.  Her bachelor’s degree is in chemistry from the University of Kentucky and master’s in literature from Boston College. Steininger taught the first Great Books discussion, Arrowsmith.  Other discussions have included Cold Mountain, Love in the Time of Cholera and The DaVinci Code. The Milwaukee Press Club awarded her cover story “Hot Stuff” the Best Feature Length Magazine Article for 2006 in a statewide competition.

Registration

You may download this Great Books registration form (Adobe Acrobat Reader software required) to fill out and mail in. To receive a Great Books brochure or for more information about the Great Books Series, contact Cathy Varebrook at (414) 277-4523 or via e-mail.