Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-329) and index.
Contents:
Sacred heart -- The world beyond -- Inductee -- War -- Battle -- Wounded -- Enemy way -- University of Oklahoma -- Borger -- Feeding the wire -- Santa Fe -- Back to school -- No more excuses -- The birth of Leaphorn -- Professor Hillerman -- The great American novel -- Leaphorn returns -- The Edgar -- Trouble with Leaphorn -- The invention of Chee -- Two stories, two novels -- Character identity crisis -- Breakout -- Leaphorn and Chee go to Hollywood -- Into a heart of darkness -- A fallen man -- The farewell quartet -- The blue flint girl.
Summary:
"Full-length biography of mystery writer, Tony Hillerman (1925-2008), whose Leaphorn/Chee novels introduced non-Native Americans to the mysteries of Navajo culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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