Status Updates From Death Comes for the Archbishop

I’m interested so far..a French bishop gets sent to New Mexico, and it’s wild to think of that time period post Mexican-American war and pre statehood

"as it was the white man's way to assert himself in any landscape, to change it, make it over a little (at least to leave some mark of memorial to his sojourn), it was the Indian's way to pass through a country without disturbing anything, to pass and leave no trace, like a fish in water or bird through the air."

I am amazed at the history and geological information. A combination of John McPhee and Eric Larson rolled into great writing and a gentle voice. Using both the print and the audio done by David Ackroyd for my reading. Dense at times and not an easy read as far as plot but oh the language

He woke every morning a young man…