Lamy of Santa Fe
By: Paul Horgan.
Edition: 1st Wesleyan University Press ed.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Lamy, John Baptist, 1814-1888.; Catholic Church -- New Mexico -- Bishops -- Biography.
Description: "Originally published in 1975, this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography chronicles the life of Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy (1814-1888), New Mexico's first resident bishop and the most influential, reform-minded Catholic official in the region during the late 1800s. Lamy's accomplishments, including the endowing of hospitals, orphanages, and English-language schools and colleges, formed the foundation of modern-day Santa Fe and often brought him into conflict with corrupt local priests. His life story, also the subject of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, describes a pivotal period in the American Southwest, as Spanish and Mexican rule gave way to much greater influence from the U.S. and Europe. Historian and consummate stylist Paul Horgan has written a chronicle filled with hardy, often extraordinary adventure, all of it sustained by Lamy's magnificent strength of character."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-451) and index.
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1975.