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Talking God
de Hillerman, Tony
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060161183
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161187
- Librería
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. First Edition First Printing Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Fine. 6 1/2" X 9 3/4. 239 pages. Tan boards, dark blue cloth spine with orange lettering, and embossed logo on front board. No marks or stamps on this As New book with tight flawless interior text pages. Dust jacket price $17.95 is unclipped and below is 0689P. Navajo Henry Highhawk, a Smithsonian conservator who is part Navajo, sends a coworker with the bones of an ancestor to the Tribal Area but a warrant is put out for his arrest. A body is found beside the railway track in the deserts of New Mexico with a note in the pocket bearing the location of an old woman and an obscure Navajo ceremony, Yeibichai or "Talking God". There is also the name of Henry Highhawk, a sinister campaigner for Navajo rights. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Navajo mystery. A theme central to this mystery is whether ancestral remains should be returned to their Native American descendents. A spellbinding tale set in the Southwest with the Navajo people.
Sinopsis
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work and his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee; plus: a special profile of the Navajo nation.A grave robber and a corpse reunite Leaphorn and Chee in a dangerous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee. As Leaphorn seeks the identity of a murder victim, Chee arrests Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors. As the layers of each case are peeled away, it becomes shockingly clear that they are connected, that there are mysterious others pursuing Highhawk. Leaphorn and Chee have entered into the dangerous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Dons Book Store
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 17893
- Título
- Talking God
- Autor
- Hillerman, Tony
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Back
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition First Printing Stated
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0060161183
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161187
- Editorial
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
- Tamaño
- 6 1/2" X 9 3/4
- Palabras clave
- MYSTERY ADVENTURE NEW MEXICO NAVAJO INDIANS JOE LEAOHORN JIM CHEE
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Sobre Dons Book Store
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