Tony Hillerman's Navajoland

by Laurance D. Linford, Tony Hillerman (Foreword )

A place-name guide to the traditional homelands of the Navajo people and the locations which appear in Tony Hillerman's novels.Photos accompany more than fifty of the entries.

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

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 22, 2001

Reviews

[Avis Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting reference and visitors guide that contains entries for all places in the authors novels.
Tony Hillerman’s “Navajoland” has information about the beautiful and barren southwest landscape and the people who live there.
Readers of Tony Hillerman’s mysteries have probably wondered about the many place names they encounter as Chee and Leaphorn try to solve another crime in the Four Corners region.
This book provides locations, historical information, the meaning of Navajo and Hopi names, and where the place appears in the mysteries.
This is a good book that you can take in your car as a guide in your travels to New Mexico.

[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.