Great Taos Bank Robbery : And Other True Stories of the Southwest

by Hillerman, Tony; Strel, Don; Hillerman, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780826351920
• ISBN10: 0826351921
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-15
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

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 Robberyunveil 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. "It's as serious a 'glance' over our state as it is often hilarious, from the opening relación about law enforcement in Taos, through succeeding commentaries on Indian encounters with Paleface, a Nigerian guest's assessment of Santa Fe, a search for Folsom Man and so forth . . . it furnishes myriad moments of pleasurable insight."-- New Mexico Magazine

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Great Taos Bank Robbery: A Foreword	p. xi
The Great Taos Bank Robbery	p. 1
The Navajo Who Had So Many Friends He Couldn't Get No Wire Strung	p. 13
The Very Heart of Our Country	p. 15
The Mountain on the Guardrail at Exit 164B	p. 25
We All Fall Down	p. 27
The Messenger Birds	p. 42
The Conversion of Cletus Xywanda	p. 46
The Apache Who Wouldn't Be Missed	p. 53
The Hunt for the Lost American	p. 55
How Quemado Got Quemado	p. 77
Las Trampas	p. 79
Black Jack Ketchum and the Sixteen Faithful Bartenders	p. 95
Othello in Union County	p. 98
The Committee and the Mule Deer	p. 110
Quijote in Rio Arriba County	p. 113
Keeping Secrets from the Russians	p. 135
Mr. Luna's Lazarus Act	p. 138
Author's Notes	p. 149
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