Tony Hillerman - James Mcgrath Morris
Anne Hillerman, Tony Hillerman, James McGrath Morris, James Mcgrath Morris
Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Tags: Autobiography & Biographies, Literature, Adults
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Release date: October 14, 2021 Duration: 10:50:41, The author of eighteen spellbinding detective novels set on the Navajo Nation, Tony Hillerman simultaneously transformed a traditional genre and unlocked the mysteries of the Navajo culture to an audience of millions. His best-selling novels added Navajo Tribal Police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee to the pantheon of American fictional detectives., Morris offers a balanced portrait of Hillermans personal and professional life and provides a timely appreciation of his work. In intimate detail, Morris captures the authors early years in Depression-era Oklahoma; his near-death experience in World War II; his sixty-year marriage to Marie; his family life, including six children, five of them adopted; his work in the trenches of journalism; his affliction with PTSD and its connection to his enchantment with Navajo spirituality; and his ascension as one of Americas best-known writers of mysteries. Furthe
