Books : Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060505868
ISBN: 0060505869
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: October 01, 2002
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: October 01, 2002
Sales Rank: 279096
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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In this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author. Using the gifts of a talented novelist and reporter, Hillerman draws brilliant portrait not just of his life, but of the world around him.
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I love Tony Hillerman's reading of he work. His Oklahoma voice adds credibility and sympathy to very interesting people.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, much as I have liked all of his novels. His gift with words comes through, and his life is interesting. Many things are revealed which I did not know; such as his winning the Silver Star during WW2. If you are looking for a southwestern murder mystery however, you are out of luck. But if you are looking for an interesting insight into the life of a writer, then this is a good one to choose.
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Tony Hillerman's autobiography held my attention from start to finish. Mr. Hillerman is a member of the "Greatest Generation," was a combat infantryman in France and Germany during WWII. I thought I'd read to the end of that segment and then move on, but Tony's narrative carried me on to the end. Truly, Mr. Hillerman has led an interesting and blessed life. We are all in his debt for his efforts as a writer and as a human being.
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Tony Hillerman writes Navajo and Zuni detective stories and does quite well at it. I've read several and enjoyed them for both the plots and the Indian culture that the reader is taught as he reads the books. I naturally thought that Hillerman was Navajo - he's not. He's a white man. But, he is a Sooner, graduated from the University of Oklahoma (Go Sooners!!!) and he's a veteran of combat during WWII, injured, and was a journalist for many years. His life is fascinating and he tells it well.
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Hillerman lived a rich but complex life which covered the most imprortant events of the 20th century. An Okie, raised in the depression, he fought in WWII as a boy and went on to a stellar career in reporting. He was raised with and loves the Indian people which enabled him to understand their culture and write so effectively about it.
A Catholic who understands others beliefs but doesn't have to deny his own. He is an exceptional character, both humble and truthful.
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