The Great Taos Bank Robbery
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-6545-3 (ISBN)
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.
Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) was an award-winning author and newspaperman, best known for his eighteen mystery novels set on the Navajo Nation.
Foreword
James McGrath Morris
Acknowledgments
Great Taos Bank Robbery: An Introduction
Anne Hillerman
Chapter 1. The Great Taos Bank Robbery
Chapter 2. The Navajo Who Had So Many Friends He Couldn't Get No Wire Strung
Chapter 3. The Very Heart of Our Country
Chapter 4. The Mountain on the Guardrail at Exit 164B
Chapter 5. We All Fall Down
Chapter 6. The Messenger Birds
Chapter 7. The Conversion of Cletus Xywanda
Chapter 8. The Apache Who Wouldn't Be Missed
Chapter 9. The Hunt for the Lost American
Chapter 10. How Quemado Got Quemado
Chapter 11. Las Trampas
Chapter 12. Black Jack Ketchum and the Sixteen Faithful Bartenders
Chapter 13. Othello in Union County
Chapter 14. The Committee and the Mule Deer
Chapter 15. Quijote in Rio Arriba County
Chapter 16. Keeping Secrets from the Russians
Chapter 17. Mr. Luna's Lazarus Act
Author's Notes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2023 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Anne Hillerman |
| Vorwort | James McGrath Morris |
| Verlagsort | Albuquerque, NM |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8263-6545-0 / 0826365450 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8263-6545-3 / 9780826365453 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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