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The Wailing Wind - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Hillerman, Tony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060194448
- ISBN 13
- 9780060194444
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harpercollinspublishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060194448 . A first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in a Nearly Fine dust-jacket that has some shelfwear; Tony Hillerman's ninth novel, The Wailing Wind, is a story of Navajo country, a place of harsh beauty and harsh history. It is the story of a family and a community caught between the modern world and the ancient ways. The novel tells the story of the Peralta family and their neighbors, the Begay family, as they struggle to retain their way of life in the face of encroaching modernity. It is a story of love, loss, and betrayal. It is a story of a people and a land caught between the past and the future.; 8vo; 232 pages; $6.00 .
Synopsis
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.To Officer Bernadette Manuelito, the man curled up on the truck seat was just another drunk -- which got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a crime scene -- which got Sergeant Jim Chee in trouble with the FBI -- which drew Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn out of retirement and back into the old "Golden Calf" homicide, a case he had hoped to forget.Nothing had seemed complicated about that earlier one. A con game had gone sour. A swindler had tried to sell wealthy old Wiley Denton the location of one of the West's multitude of legendary lost gold mines. Denton had shot the swindler, called the police, confessed the homicide, and done his short prison time. No mystery there.Except why did the rich man's bride vanish? The cynics said she was part of the swindle plot. She'd fled when it failed. But, alas, old Joe Leaphorn was a romantic. He believed in love, and thus the Golden Calf case still troubled him. Now, papers found in this new homicide case connect the victim to Denton and to the mythical Golden Calf Mine. The first Golden Calf victim had been there just hours before Denton killed him. And while Denton was killing him, four children trespassing among the rows of empty bunkers in the long-abandoned Wingate Ordnance Depot called in an odd report to the police. They had heard, in the wind wailing around the old buildings, what sounded like music and the cries of a woman.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56680
- Title
- The Wailing Wind - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060194448
- ISBN 13
- 9780060194444
- Publisher
- Harpercollinspublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
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