The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other Indian Country Affairs

Hillerman, Tony

ISBN 10: 1559948795 ISBN 13: 9781559948791

Casa editrice: Harperaudio, 1994

Riassunto

The two inept bandits who staged the Great Taos Bank Robbery got away, though empty-handed - and ended up panhandling downtown, somehow overlooked by the police hunting them everywhere else. They thus entered the annals of local lore - along with the Great Flood of 1935, a three-day drizzle that caused an epidemic of leaky adobe roofs in the usually arid Taos.

These stranger-than-fiction true stories are from master storyteller Tony Hillerman's own collection of favorite anecdotes. Reading the stories himself, he captures the quirky character of Taos and other areas of New Mexico as only a loving resident - and great writer - could, skillfully using regional tales to comment wryly on the most universal of human foibles.

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L'autore:

Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children’s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council's commendation to France 's esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group’s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction’s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.

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• Editore: Harperaudio
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1559948795
• ISBN 13: 9781559948791
• Rilegatura: Audio Cassetta