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Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.18 — 55,826 ratings — published 1968
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.02 — 179,692 ratings — published 1988
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.98 — 44,942 ratings — published 1927
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.00 — 33,517 ratings — published 1970
Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,485 ratings — published 1973
Skinwalkers (Leaphorn & Chee, #7)
by (shelved 29 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.09 — 16,247 ratings — published 1986
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,182 ratings — published 1975
Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,458 ratings — published 1978
A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
by (shelved 26 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.13 — 15,935 ratings — published 1988
Bless Me, Ultima (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.83 — 38,048 ratings — published 1972
Spider Woman's Daughter (Leaphorn & Chee, #19)
by (shelved 23 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,773 ratings — published 2013
Talking God (Leaphorn & Chee, #9)
by (shelved 22 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,717 ratings — published 1989
People of Darkness (Leaphorn & Chee, #4)
by (shelved 22 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,755 ratings — published 1980
The Wailing Wind (Leaphorn & Chee, #15)
by (shelved 21 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,378 ratings — published 2002
The Dark Wind (Leaphorn & Chee, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.14 — 13,096 ratings — published 1981
Animal Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.08 — 79,298 ratings — published 1990
Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10)
by (shelved 21 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.07 — 13,255 ratings — published 1990
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,567 ratings — published 2007
The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #12)
by (shelved 19 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,704 ratings — published 1996
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.99 — 122,823 ratings — published 1959
Sacred Clowns (Leaphorn & Chee, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,929 ratings — published 1993
The Ghostway (Leaphorn & Chee, #6)
by (shelved 18 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.13 — 13,391 ratings — published 1984
The First Eagle (Leaphorn & Chee, #13)
by (shelved 18 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,815 ratings — published 1998
The Sinister Pig (Leaphorn & Chee, #16)
by (shelved 17 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,732 ratings — published 2003
Pigs in Heaven (Greer Family, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.03 — 70,183 ratings — published 1993
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.15 — 238,643 ratings — published 1985
The Shape Shifter (Leaphorn & Chee, #18)
by (shelved 16 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,778 ratings — published 2006
The Secret Knowledge of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,933 ratings — published 2000
Hunting Badger (Leaphorn & Chee, #14)
by (shelved 15 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,085 ratings — published 1999
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.23 — 19,851 ratings — published 2024
Blue Coyote Motel (Coyote #1)
by (shelved 14 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.69 — 752 ratings — published 2012
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,169 ratings — published 1986
Skeleton Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #17)
by (shelved 14 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.04 — 10,015 ratings — published 2004
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.97 — 15,796 ratings — published 2018
The Water Knife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.85 — 28,717 ratings — published 2015
In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,128 ratings — published 1996
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.31 — 21,110 ratings — published 2006
The Devil's Highway: A True Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.11 — 19,063 ratings — published 2004
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.07 — 153,628 ratings — published 1992
Song of the Lion (Leaphorn & Chee, #21)
by (shelved 12 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,469 ratings — published 2017
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.01 — 230,279 ratings — published 2003
Ceremony (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.84 — 27,311 ratings — published 1977
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.37 — 84,051 ratings — published 1998
The Milagro Beanfield War (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,737 ratings — published 1974
Rock with Wings (Leaphorn & Chee, #20)
by (shelved 11 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,588 ratings — published 2015
Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as southwest)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,660 ratings — published 2010
Thunderhead (Nora Kelly, #0A)
by (shelved 11 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.14 — 32,884 ratings — published 1999
The Way of the Bear (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #26)
by (shelved 10 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,655 ratings — published 2023
The Tale Teller (Leaphorn & Chee, #23)
by (shelved 10 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,610 ratings — published 2019
A Dead Sister (Jessica Huntington, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as southwest)
avg rating 4.54 — 545 ratings — published 2014
“I have no faith in budget airlines.”
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“One of the Pima warriors on seeing the fire-arms used by the white soldiers, thought that the next time he went over to the [Maricopa] Wells, he would take his war weapons along and show them to the white soldiers. So the next time he went, he took along his war-club and shield. The soldiers on seeing his weapons, laughed and made all sorts of remarks as to the effective use of such weapons. The joking went on until the Pima made a challenge to the white man. He said:
'You, white warrior
Take shooting iron.
Stand here ready.
I take war club and shield,
Step off ten paces,
Turn around, come back.
If you see any part of me,
Shoot!'
The White soldier stood there with gun in hand while the Pima walked away ten paces, turned around and came back hiding behind the shield so well that no part of his body could be seen. The white soldier did not shoot as the Pima came up to him. With the edge of his shield the Pima knocked the gun out of the soldier's hand. He lifted his war club as if he was about to use it. But the soldier took to his heels and ran into a nearby house, closing the door after him.
The people who saw this had a good laugh and no such challenge was ever made again.
Sometimes there would be shooting contests between Pimas and whites, Pimas with their bows and arrows and the whites with their firearms. They would place a target at different distances and see who could hit the bull's eye. The Pimas often won the match. They often won prizes of a pair of Army pants or a coat.
At other times, foot races were held at the Post. The Pimas always won the long distance races, but lost the short dashes.
[page 40, Early Days]”
― A Pima Remembers
'You, white warrior
Take shooting iron.
Stand here ready.
I take war club and shield,
Step off ten paces,
Turn around, come back.
If you see any part of me,
Shoot!'
The White soldier stood there with gun in hand while the Pima walked away ten paces, turned around and came back hiding behind the shield so well that no part of his body could be seen. The white soldier did not shoot as the Pima came up to him. With the edge of his shield the Pima knocked the gun out of the soldier's hand. He lifted his war club as if he was about to use it. But the soldier took to his heels and ran into a nearby house, closing the door after him.
The people who saw this had a good laugh and no such challenge was ever made again.
Sometimes there would be shooting contests between Pimas and whites, Pimas with their bows and arrows and the whites with their firearms. They would place a target at different distances and see who could hit the bull's eye. The Pimas often won the match. They often won prizes of a pair of Army pants or a coat.
At other times, foot races were held at the Post. The Pimas always won the long distance races, but lost the short dashes.
[page 40, Early Days]”
― A Pima Remembers
