Guides

Tony Hillerman's Navajoland : hideouts, haunts, and havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries

Author: Laurance D Linford
Publisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format: Book : English

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Summary:

A reference and visitor's guide containing entries for all places mentioned in Tony Hillerman's southwestern mysteries. It provides location, historical information, the meaning of Navajo and Hopi names, and where a place appears in the mysteries.

Talking God / Thief of Time: Curriculum Unit
Author: Richard Murphy
Publisher: Rocky River, Ohio: Center for Learning, 1994.

This is a curriculum unit for Talking God and Thief of Time, from A Center for Learning Publication. It was created by Richard Murphy and contains twelve lessons and twenty-two handouts for teachers to use while teaching the two books. According to “Teachers Notes” (vii), “Many activities and exercises implement Leslie Hart’s principle of brain based learning and apply Howard Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences. “

Collecting Tony Hillerman : a checklist of the first editions of Tony Hillerman, with approximate values and commentary
Author: Louis A Hieb
Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M. : Vinegar Tom Press, 1992.

This annotated bibliography lists Hillerman's first editions up through 1991. Each entry includes data on the format of the edition, first edition markings, list and market price as of 1992.

Tony Hillerman : From The Blessing Way to Talking God : A Bibliography
Author: Louis A Hieb
Publisher: Tucson : Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1990.

This is a definitive bibliography of Tony Hillerman's works from 1970 to 1990, it has served as the primary source for the collocation of Tony Hillerman's major fiction and non-fiction works. While it does not cover articles and journalistic works, it does include all of Hillerman's bibliographic output up to 1989, and some of his works published in 1990.

Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn
Authors: Anne Hillerman, Don Strel
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2009.

Step into the world of bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s novels with Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn, a stunning collection of original documentary photographs of the New Mexico and Arizona landscapes that were integral to his detective novels. Narrated by his daughter, Anne Hillerman, with original photos from Don Strel, Tony Hillerman’s Landscape is a timely showcase of a hauntingly beautiful region that captured one man’s imagination for a lifetime, and is a daughter’s loving tribute to her father.

The Tony Hillerman Companion
Authors: Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.

This guide to Hillerman's art and the world it portrays offers fascinating revelations about the man's extraordinary life and work. Includes a detailed synopsis of each novel, concise sketches of every character, an extensive, never-before-published interview with Hillerman, and a timeline of the most important events in his life. 8-page photo insert.