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Virgil Alexander

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in Miami, Arizona, The United States

Website

http://virgilalexander.weebly.com/

Genre

Mystery, History, Southwestern

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http://www.amazon.com/Tony-Hillerman/... ...more

Member Since

April 2012

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I was born in my parents home in rural Gila County near Miami, Arizona. Grew up running wild in the hills with my siblings and friends. We hunted, camped, fished, rode our horses, and salvaged soda bottles, copper wire, and old batteries for cash.

Summer afternoons in Arizona, even at our 4,000 feet altitude, are too hot to be out doors so for four to six hours every day I read at home under the evaporative cooler, or at the Miami Library or the Old Dominion Library in Globe. I developed a deep love of books,libraries, and eventually writing,that has provided adventure and joy my entire life.

In college I studied engineering for two years. The economy and marriage moved me to working for a large copper mine. For the next 42 years I continued ...more

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Who did you talk to at the Pickle Barrel in Globe, Arizona to set up a book signing event? I'm heading over there this morning. I think they open at 10 am. Kent Johnson Olsen. author, "Sarah's Summer Adventures Teen Book 3 The Archery Tournament." .

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Average rating: 3.99 · 321 ratings · 31 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wham Curse (Deputy Allred & Apache Officer Victor Book 1) 3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baleful Owl (Deputy Allred & Apache Officer Victor Book 3) 3.92 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in Copper (Deputy Allred & Apache Officer Victor Book 4) 4.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints and Sinners (Deputy Allred & Apache Officer Victor Book 2) 4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Earth (Deputy Allred & Apache Officer Victor Book 5) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge: Justice Denied 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I see that there is way to link a preexisting blog over to this blog; I would certainly prefer that. However, they say you have to have an Atom-something or and RSS-something and I haven't a clue what those are. I tried looking them up and didn't understand the explanation. Then they have all this neat formatting and inserting stuff you Read more of this blog post »

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