Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries

by Laurance D. Linford, Tony Hillerman (Foreword)

In more than a dozen novels set in the American Southwest, Tony Hillerman's heroes, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, travel the mountains, deserts, and towns of the Four Corners tracking wrongdoers. In

Genres: Nonfiction, Native American, Geography, Travel, Reference

312 pages, Paperback

First published August 22, 2001

Reviews

[Steve Gross · Rating 3 out of 5]

For hardcore fans. Photographs were small and grainy - this book deserves much better.

[Eric Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author has another book called, Navajo Places, which is a detailed guide to the history, legends, and landscapes of the land of the Navajos. This book focuses on the Navajoland places that appear in Tony Hillerman’s detective novels, making it a kind of subset of the former book. The text describes each place, with a note about each novel where the place appears and why. Black and white photographs provide context and a true feeling for the place, be it a landscape, town, or trading post. I read this book as I read Hillerman’s The First Eagle and I am glad I did; it deepened my knowledge and appreciation for the land and people of the novel. That said, I wish it had more to it that place descriptions. Sections on Navajo and Hopi life and traditions would help make the culture in the novels fuller and easier to understand. I recommend this book but only if you are an enthusiast for the novels, otherwise it will languish on the shelf.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decided this wasn't really a book to read through. It's a good browsing book and a great reference to have handy as you read Tony Hillerman.

[Bill Dilworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries by Laurance Linford (2005)

[Margaret Larsen Turley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tony Hillerman brings my homeland into fascinating focus.

[David Bober · Rating 2 out of 5]

An amusing distraction, but not much practical use.