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Author:
Tony Hillerman
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978-0061011733
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0061011738
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HarTorch; Reprint edition (March 27, 1997)
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Tony Hillerman was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma on May 27, 1925. the 2002 Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award, the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book for Seldom Disappointed, and the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army and was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart after being severely injured during a raid behind German lines. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1948. He died from pulmonary failure on October 26, 2008 at the age of 83. Библиографические данные.

Author: Hillerman, Tony; Format: Book; 147 p. illus. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press. The great Taos bank robbery, and other Indian country affairs University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque 1973. Australian/Harvard Citation. 1973, The great Taos bank robbery, and other Indian country affairs University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque.

This book is a series of essays that Tony Hillerman (b. 1925) wrote for his Master's thesis while in graduate school at the University of New Mexico. First published in 1973 when Hillerman was 48, it followed two novels as his third published book. The essays explore various aspects of 20th century culture of the US west. The abridged audio version (which I listened to) is pared down to a single, 90 minute cassette, and contains four such essays

Hillerman, Anthony G. (1973). The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs. University of New Mexico Press.

Hillerman, Anthony G. The Hunt for the Lost American". republished in The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs. New York: Harper Paperbacks.

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Tony Hillerman is a great chronicler of the New Mexico area, especially the Navaho. I first found his writings years ago in an audio tape of The Great Taso Bank Robbery. I laughed so hard that I had to keep rewinding to catch the parts I missed. Time has not diminished the charm of this book.

Great Taos Bank Robbery" is a collection of short pieces, dating from the time Tony Hillerman was a brilliant, and very funny newspaper reporter covering the 20th century western culture later featured in his novels. A great treat to bring on a Colorado vacation! 0. Report

Great Taos Bank Robbery" is a collection of short pieces, dating from the time Tony Hillerman was a brilliant, and very funny newspaper reporter covering the 20th century western culture later featured in his novels. Report. Unequalled in the Annals of True Crime. com User, November 12, 2008.

Bibliographic Details. Title: The Great Taos Bank Robbery; And other. We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described on the Abebooks web sites. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. Publication Date: 1973.

For the very first time in mass market paperback, here is a unique compilation about life in New Mexico by one of the nation's finest writers.

Tony Hillerman, who knows the Southwest like no other contemporary writer; presents nine extraordinary, true tales that capture the history and rhythms of daily life in New Mexico. From the comical title story of the holdup that didn't happen, to the riveting account of scientist tracking the Black Death through the arroyos in "We All Fall Down," to the ironic account of how a Black cowboy's commonsense intelligence destroyed the dogma of the Smithsonian Institution in "Othello in Union County," master storytellerTony Hillerman reveals the present and the timeless past of one of America's most beautiful and haunting regions.

Tony Hillerman is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of New Mexico and an Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"Hillerman is surely one of the finest and most original craftsman at work...today." --Boston Globe Book Review

  • A long time ago in a state far away I purchased a small book that told larger-than-life stories. I read "The Great Taos Bank Robbery," then read it again. Author Tony Hillerman became one of my heroes at that point, and he remains so to this day. In the intervening years I have returned to that dog-eared book more times than I can count, especially when writing my own newspaper, wire service or TV stories and wishing I were writing them where Tony Hillerman did: the Land of Enchantment - New Mexico.
    I collected First Edition copies of Tony Hillerman's books, but sadly, I never got to meet the man. I have met his vivacious daughter, Anne, however, and was delighted to learn that she and photographer-husband Don Strel were re-issuing "The Great Taos Bank Robbery" with added notes and pictures. The book came to my house yesterday, and I did not put it down until early this morning - once again held under the spell of Tony Hillerman's storytelling. Just in time, too, as my original copy was dropping its pages faster than I could tape them together.
    I cannot urge you strongly enough - buy this book if you love good writing, the West, and a bunch of characters who make up "The Land of Enchantment."

    Larry Roderick, "Chicago Tribune," (ret.)

  • All these essays were written by Hillerman when he was a graduate student at the University of New Mexico. He himself states in his autobiography, "Seldom Disappointed" that he would have liked to have rewritten or edited some of them using the knowledge and skill he learned from writing LATER books. However, these are all good reading and cover real life topics, some of which persons familiar with New Mexico may remember, such as Reis Lopez Tiferina's takeover of the Tierra Amarilla courthouse back in the 60's. The fact that Hillerman is writing non-fiction here makes these interesting reading. The essays are all long enough to be interesting but short enough not to be boring.

  • Tony Hillerman is a great chronicler of the New Mexico area, especially the Navaho. I first found his writings years ago in an audio tape of The Great Taso Bank Robbery. I laughed so hard that I had to keep rewinding to catch the parts I missed.
    Time has not diminished the charm of this book.
    I've now given away several copies. The latest to my sister-in-law and her husband who have just moved to the Santa Fe area. They have been just as charmed and amused as I was way back when.
    I thought the book had disappeared and was out of print, but this reissue by Hillerman's daughter is a real gift to the reading world. Highly recommended.

  • This book was published in 1973, so there's no new news here, but what there is i found genuinely enriching and amusing. I read it in preparation for a trip to New Mexico, and it made me ready to learn what came my way on my tour. The articles are various in their focus--epidemiology to archaeology to biography and history and more--and all lively and clever. There were laughs and many smiles at the wry or clever way Hillerman writes. It's a book full of good sentences to savor, but more importantly, it conveys a true whiff of Hillerman's part of the world.

  • Whether the story was funny or serious, these short stories were slices of New Mexican life that otherwise might have been lost. Hillerman includes science, history, politics, geography and other slices of the state. My favorite was, oh I didn't have a favorite, they were all good. Included are 8 small 2 page articles at the end of each short story that, for the most part, don't have anything to do with the short story they are paired with. They are named:
    1 The Navaho who had so many friends he couldn't get any wire strung.
    2 The mountain on the guardrail at MP 164B.
    3 The messenger birds.
    4 The Apache who wouldn't be missed.
    5 How Quemado got Quemado.
    6 Black Jack Ketchum and the sixteen faithful bartenders.
    7 The committee and the mule deer.
    8 Keeping secrets from the Russians.

  • I really love this book and I especially love the title story. I think it was the first exposure I had to Hillerman and went on to read pretty much everything he published. I was so happy to see this available on Kindle because this means I can drag this book around with me on my travels and always have it available to enjoy.

  • im a fan of all hillerman's books, i have read the chee-leaphorn series 3 times now and expect a 4th, but i am biased as i was formerly from new mexico, so this one is more interesting to me i'm sure especially being non-fiction tales.

  • Such a funny story. And Tony Hillerman is one of my favorite authors. I bought this title several years ago, but I can't find it now. So I bought it again.