The Great Taos Bank Robbery And Other Indian Country Affairs.

TONY HILLERMAN

Publication: University of New Mexico Press, 1973, Albuquerque

First edition. Inscribed on the half title page: "For Michele Kordrupel / with my assurance / that all herein is TRUE! ! / Tony Hillerman." This also is a review copy with the slip laid-in. Yellowish gray cloth, light yellowish brown endpapers, with two illustrations on rear cover panel. "Tony Hillerman presents the Southwest as only he can, choosing remarkable true tales from his personal archives of local lore. As you read these stories, you will be amazed, astounded, and oftentimes confounded by the power of ingenuity, serendipity, and the strange, comical coincidence of life and how it proves, once again, that truth is ultimately stranger than fiction. From the amusing title story of the holdup that didn't happen, to the riveting account of scientists tracking Black Death through the arroyos, to the ironic account of how a black cowboy's commonsense intelligence destroyed the dogma of the Smithsonian Institution, master storyteller Tony Hillerman reveals the present and timeless past of one of America's most beautiful and haunting regions." Fine, bright copy in a bright fresh dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 53019