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This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New
Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must read for anyone
looking to understand the state's unique charm. The vivid pieces in
The Great Taos Bank Robbery paint an indelible portrait of
life--with all its magnificent quirks and foibles--in the Land of
Enchantment. Celebrating fifty years since its original 1973
release, this anniversary edition offers a new introduction by
noted Hillerman biographer James McGrath Morris and a foreword by
Anne Hillerman, introducing a new generation of readers to the
magic of Tony Hillerman and New Mexico.
In this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author. Using the gifts of a talented novelist and reporter, Hillerman draws brilliant portrait not just of his life, but of the world around him.
A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious
appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's
best known writers. Included here are selections by Mary Austin,
Oliver La Farge, Conrad Richter, D. H. Lawrence, C. G. Jung,
Winfield Townley Scott, John DeWitt McKee, Ernie Pyle, Harvey
Fergusson, and Lawrence Clark Powell. Hillerman's Preface and
Introduction are choice specimens of his incisive humour and his
own deep love of the state.
A sterling collection of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction evoking the unique spirit of the West and its people, selected and introduced by one of today's premier chroniclers of the Western landscape and a New York Times bestselling author.
This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers left
off, bringing together monumental, important,and entertaining works
of short crime fiction published over eight decades from the era of
the Great Depression to the first uears of the twenty-first
century. In lively introductory essays, celebrated crime writer
Tony Hillerman and critic Rosemary Herbert place each story in the
context of the author's work and the genre's literary history.
Their extraordinary collection is international in scope and
emphasizes the most exciting styles and voices, rather than taking
a typical decade-by-decade approach. As a result A New Omnibus of
Crime is packed with page-turning, engaging, and spine-tingling
selections. Stories include Patricia Highsmith's "Woodrow Wilson's
Necktie," Sue Grafton's "A Poison That Leaves No Trace," and many
more, including never-before-published works from Jefferey Deaver,
Catherine Aird, and Alexander McCall Smith.
Retells a Zuäni myth in which a young boy and his sister gain the wisdom that makes them leaders of their people through the intercession of a dragonfly.
Retirement has never sat well with former Navajo Tribal Police
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. Now the ghosts of a still-unsolved case
are returning to haunt him, reawakened by a photograph in a
magazine spread of a one-of-a-kind Navajo rug, a priceless work of
woven art that was supposedly destroyed in a suspicious fire many
years earlier. The rug, commemorating one of the darkest and most
terrible chapters in American history, was always said to be
cursed, and now the friend who brought it to Leaphorn's attention
has mysteriously gone missing. With newly wedded officers Jim Chee
and Bernie Manuelito just back from their honeymoon, the legendary
ex-lawman is on his own to pick up the threads of a crime he'd once
thought impossible to untangle. And they're leading him back into a
world of lethal greed, shifting truths, and changing faces, where a
cold-blooded killer still resides.
Since his retirement from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn
has occasionally been enticed to return to work by former
colleagues who seek his help when they need to solve a particularly
puzzling crime. They ask because Leaphorn, aided by officers Jim
Chee and Bernie Manuelito, always delivers.
But this time the problem is with an old case of Joe's--his
"last case," unsolved, and one that continues to haunt him. And
with Chee and Bernie just back from their honeymoon, Leaphorn is
pretty much on his own.
The original case involved a priceless, one-of-a-kind Navajo
rug supposedly destroyed in a fire. Suddenly, what looks like the
same rug turns up in a magazine spread. And the man who brings the
photo to Leaphorn's attention has gone missing. Leaphorn must pick
up the threads of a crime he'd thought impossible to untangle. Not
only has the passage of time obscured the details, but it also
appears that there's a murderer still on the loose.
During a Tano kachina ceremony, something in the antics of the
dancing koshare, a sacred clown, fills the air with tension.
Moments later, the clown is found brutally bludgeoned -- in the
same manner that a reservation schoolteacher was killed just days
before.
In true Navajo style, Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Leaphorn
of the Tribal Police go back to the beginning to decipher the
sacred clown's message to the people of the Tano pueblo. Amid
guarded tribal secrets and crooked Indian traders, they find a
trail of blood that links a runaway schoolboy, two dead bodies, and
the mysterious presence of a sacred artifact.
Wondrous stories of Changing Woman, First Man and First Woman,
Coyote, Great Snake, Gila Monster and others who infuse the rich
and complex canvas of the Navajo world view. This book illuminates
the traditional oral narratives of the tribe and shows how they
work ceremonially as healing ways. Collectively, they also convey
the origin story of The People and in addition they provide a moral
code for harmonious existence with the natural world. The
enlightened state of Navajo consciousness, which they call "walking
in beauty" is presented in such a way that all of us can learn to
use it and live by it.
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All Is Beautiful (Hardcover)
Gerald Hausman; Introduction by Tony Hillerman; Contributions by Jay DeGroat
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Discovery Miles 7 430
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Okemah, Oklahoma, where Woody Guthrie once lived and wrote songs,
was fighting for its existence in the late 1920s and early 1930s as
the oil boom ended, cotton fell to ten cents a pound, and
Prohibition was in force. Yet this grim scenario frames Robert
Rutland's colorful remembrance of a youth filled with adventure,
characters, curiosity, and love. Here is the true story of a little
boy who found life full of excitement, wonder, and joy in a small
town on the southern plains.
This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New
Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must read for anyone
looking to understand the state's unique charm. The engaging pieces
in The Great Taos Bank Robbery unveil the life and magic one
experiences in the Land of Enchantment. This edition includes a new
introduction and foreword by Anne Hillerman and new photographs
with each story.
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