Manuscripts for Finding Moon (1995)

In the novel Finding Moon (1995), Hillerman departed from his Leaphorn-Chee series of novels and branched into new subject matter for the first time since 1972, when he wrote the children's story The Boy Who Made Dragonfly. While still a mystery novel, Finding Moon takes place in Vietnam in 1975 during the Fall of Saigon. The collection of manuscripts and papers for Finding Moon is quite limited - there is only one partial manuscript draft (B18-F15), editor queries (B18-F16), and two sets of research materials (B18-F13 & F14) for the novel. There is also an audiobook transcript, which is not available online.

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     Research materials for novel, Finding Moon (MSS 501 BC / B18-F13)

This document is a research file containing articles, papers and notes that Tony Hillerman compiled in preparation for writing Finding Moon. There are 11...

     Research materials for novel, Finding Moon (MSS 501 BC / B18-F14)

This document is a research file containing articles, papers and notes that Tony Hillerman compiled in preparation for writing Finding Moon. There are 8...

     Finding Moon. Draft chapters 1-8 (MSS 501 BC / B18-F15)

This manuscript is a partial draft of Finding Moon that covers only the first eight chapters of the book, and totals 82 pages. It appears to be a print-...

     Finding Moon. Copy editor queries (MSS 501 BC / B18-F16)

This group of documents include proof-reading queries by Hillerman's copy editor, some brief notes and correspondence between Hillerman and the editor(s) of ...

     Finding Moon. Audio transcription (MSS 501 BC / B18-F17)

This document is an abridged edition of Finding Moon that was created by Bill Boedecker for HarperAudio. It appears to have been sent to Tony Hillerman...