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The great Taos bank robbery and other true stories / Tony Hillerman ; photographs by Don Strel ; foreword by Anne Hillerman.
- Title
- The great Taos bank robbery and other true stories / Tony Hillerman ; photographs by Don Strel ; foreword by Anne Hillerman.
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F796.6 .H54 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 150 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- This classic collection of essays about life in New Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must read for anyone trying to understand the state's unique charm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- Biographies – Anecdotes
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The great Taos bank robbery -- The Navajo who had so many friends he couldn't get no wire strung -- The very heart of our country -- The mountain on the guardrail at exit 164B -- We all fall down -- The messenger birds -- The conversion of Cletus Xywanda -- The Apache who wouldn't be missed -- The hunt for the lost American -- How Quemado got quemado -- Las Trampas -- Black Jack Ketchum and the sixteen faithful bartenders -- Othello in Union County -- The committee and the mule deer -- Quijote in Rio Arriba County -- Keeping secrets from the Russians -- Mr. Luna's Lazarus act.
- ISBN
- 9780826351920 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0826351921 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780826351937 (electronic)
- 082635193X (electronic)
- LCCN
- ^^2011044955
- OCLC
- 759695934
- SCSB-12236184
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library