Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries
Autor Laurance D. Linforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2011 – vârsta până la 80 ani
Tony Hillerman is beloved for his novels of intrigue in the American Southwest. In Tony Hillerman’s Navajoland, Laurance Linford takes readers on a journey through the Four Corners region to the haunts of Hillerman’s characters. Offered in encyclopedic form, each entry gives the common name of a particular location, the Navajo name and history, and a description of the location’s significance in various Hillerman novels. An understanding of the Navajo names and their relations to the landscape will lend a new dimension to the characters and events Tony Hillerman created.
This expanded third edition is updated to include all 72 sites from Hillerman’s final and location-rich novel, The Shape Shifter.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781607811374
ISBN-10: 1607811375
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 65 photos
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:3rd Edition
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
ISBN-10: 1607811375
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 65 photos
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:3rd Edition
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
Recenzii
“An invaluable guide. This book belongs in the car of any traveler passing through this land.”—New Mexico Magazine
"An entertaining place-name guide to the traditional homelands of the Navajo people."—The Indian Trader
Notă biografică
Laurance D. Linford was trained as an archaeologist. Formerly executive director of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association in Gallup, New Mexico, he is now an administrator for the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. Linford is also the author of Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape (University of Utah Press, 2000).
Descriere
Linford takes readers on a journey through the Four Corners region to the haunts of Hillerman’s characters. Offered in encyclopedic form, each entry gives the common name of a particular location, the Navajo name and history, and a description of the location’s significance in various Hillerman novels.