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Walt Longmire

by Craig Johnson, Lou Diamond Phillips (Introduction), Margaret Coel (Afterward)

Collection of nine Walt Longmire short stories and eight essays, deluxe oversized hardback with 27 full page illustrations and 13 photographs. Introduction by Lou Diamond Phillips, afterward by Margaret Coel. Signed by Craig Johnson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Margaret Coel, and artist Phil Parks. Limited to 300 copies.

There is also a Collector's Edition which includes a lithograph signed by Phil Parks and a box enclosure (details?). Limited to 100 copies. ISBN 9781892011602

Short stories included are:

Ministerial Aid
Several Stations
Slick-Tongued Devil
Unbalanced
Firebug
Toys for Tots
High Holiday
Divorce Horse
Old Indian Trick

Genres: Short Stories

242 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Craig Johnson an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. . He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.

Johnson has written twelve novels featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire: The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was named one of Publisher's Weekly's best books of the year in 2009), Hell Is Empty, As The Crow Flies and A Serpent's Tooth. The Cold Dish and The Dark Horse were both Dilys Award finalists, and Death Without Company was named the Wyoming Historical Association's Book of the Year. Another Man's Moccasins received the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best novel of 2008 as well as the Mountains and Plains award for fiction book of the year.

Former police officer; has also worked as an educator, cowboy, and longshoreman.

AWARDS: Tony Hillerman Award for "Old Indian Trick"; fiction book of the year, Wyoming Historical Society, for Death Without Company, Wyoming Council for the Arts Award.

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun book. As a "limited edition" not everyone got a chance to get one, but I was lucky, Craig Johnson was in South Dakota and I was able to put in my reservation for a copy. This is signed by Craig, Lou Diamond Phillips, Margaret Coel and Phil Parks (the illustrator) and I had Craig sign it again when he was in Belle Fourche, this time personalized.

Many of these stories have been in print before but it is nice to have them all in paper, since some were only in electronic format. Then there are the Post-its, a collection of some of the more memorable of Craig's monthly newsletters.

I had read many of these before but not all and I didn't get on his mailing list until around book four so many of the Post-its were new to me.

Here there are more "slice of life" type stories or very short mysteries and all are written with Sheriff Walt Longmire as the narrator. If you like Craig's longer works you will love this book. I just hope that, someday, he gets it out for everyone to have a chance to read it.

[Kaye Stambaugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of short stories that the author writes as a Christmas gift to his fans. It was a complete delight to reconnect with beloved characters and even though I’d read the black bear story before, that didn’t stop me from laughing aloud! And wishing there were 10 more stories that followed.

[Mark Adkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories involving Walt Longmire in one book. Some of the stories have been previously published so if you have read previous Walt Longmire short stories you will see them repeated here.

If you are a fan of the Walt Longmire series then I think you will like this book. The stories are short and I found that the whole book was a fast read.