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In this extraordinary collection, 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
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History, Anecdotes, Biography, Western stories, New mexico, history, New mexico, biography, America, historyPlaces
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The great Taos bank robbery and other true stories of the Southwest
2001, Perennial
in English
- 1st perennial ed.
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Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs
June 1980, Univ of New Mexico Pr
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The great Taos bank robbery, and other Indian country affairs.
1973, University of New Mexico Press
in English
- [1st ed.]
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The great Taos bank robbery: and other Indian country affairs
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