Garrett Peck will sign "The Bright Edges of the World"

Name: Garrett Peck will sign "The Bright Edges of the World"
Start: 2026-06-07T14:00:00-05:00
Location: The Bookworm Omaha

Schedule

Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Bookworm Omaha | Omaha, NE

On Sunday, June 7th at 2 pm, Garrett Peck will discuss and sign "The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop" which traces Willa Cather's adventures in the Southwest and how they influenced her best book.
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A perennial favorite for people who love New Mexico, Death Comes for the Archbishop tells an unusual story of two French priests and best friends serving on the American frontier before the arrival of the railroad. This Western work of fiction is loosely based on two historical figures, Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Bishop Joseph Machebeuf.
In "The Bright Edges of the World", Garrett Peck explores how Cather's travels to the Southwest inspired her writing. She visited the Southwest six times between 1912 and 1926, and from these journeys came three novels, the last of which was Death Comes for the Archbishop. Through Cather's letters, postcards, articles, and interviews, Peck traces how integral travel was to Cather's imagination while highlighting the vital contribution that Cather's longtime partner, Edith Lewis, made to the story. Though Archbishop is a work of fiction, Peck explores how Cather wove some of the most legendary people in New Mexican history into her novel, such as Archbishop Lamy, Kit Carson, and Padre Antonio José Martínez, while subtly hinting toward the complexity of Pueblo Indian and Navajo (Diné) faith.
Garrett Peck is an author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of nine books focusing on American history. He leads the Willa Cather's Santa Fe tour and many other excursions around New Mexico.