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Paperback The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other Indian Country Affairs Book

ISBN: 082630530X

ISBN13: 9780826305305

The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other Indian Country Affairs

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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 an introduction by Anne Hillerman and a new foreword by noted Hillerman biographer James McGrath Morris, introducing a new generation of readers to the magic of Tony Hillerman and New Mexico. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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Born in Oklahoma in 1925, Anthony Grove Hillerman, better known as Tony Hillerman, grew up on Native American territorial lands. Serving in the U.S. Army in combat during World War II, he earned numerous medals including the Purple Heart. After service, he returned to his home state, gaining his bac... Learn More About This Author

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Rated 5 stars
20th Century West

"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!

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Unequalled in the Annals of True Crime

The Great Taos Bank Robbery would have occurred on November 11, 1957, except the bank was closed for Veterans Day. Thus it seems appropriate to write this review tonight in the hopes that it will post on November 12th, the actual date when the robbery did not occur. Tony Hillerman makes a convincing case for the bank robbery, noting the unique elements that one of the male malefactors was dressed as a woman, that the robbers...

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Rated 4 stars
Amusing tales of New Mexico (mostly)

This was a fun read about the many different faces of New Mexico. Short stories that can be read in a single sitting. The stories cover the quirky people to the scientific discoveries that are mostly set in New Mexico.

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A Quiet Look at the Genuine New Mexico

True stories written with Hillerman's quiet humor -- the New Mexico that was before the Yuppies turned it into Starbuck's Central and a New Mexico that still exists in quiet corners of a wonderful state. The tales are best read one or two at a time and savored. A great gift for lovers of New Mexico, the genuine Old West or an Easterner interesting in learning about the land that lies beyond the traffic jams.

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Rated 5 stars
What New Mexico is really about

Readers expecting Leaphorn and Chee will be disappointed -- but this is a wonderful book, a collection of essays from Hillerman's journalist days. He neatly skewers Indian-wannabes in "The Navajo Who Had So Many Friends ...," although "The Messenger Birds" and the piece on Mt. Taylor prove (as if we didn't know it already) that he's highly sensitive to the Native American point of view. And although the hilarious title story...

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