ROBBERS, ROGUES AND RUFFIANS: True Tales of the Wild West in New Mexico.

BRYAN, Howard.

ISBN 10: 0940666049 / ISBN 13: 9780940666047

Published by Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1991

About this Item

1st edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. Foreword by Tony Hillerman. Contents: pages generally very good and clean. Previous owner's inscription. Dustwrapper: spine slightly sunned. Inner flaps a little creased, otherwise very good. A tight copy. 318 pp.

Seller Inventory # 24194

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROBBERS, ROGUES AND RUFFIANS: True Tales of the Wild West in New Mexico.
• Publisher: Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940666049
• ISBN 13: 9780940666047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • America

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Synopsis

Recollections and illustrations offer a look at life on the New Mexican frontier

About the Author

Tony Hillerman (1925 2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council's commendation to France 's esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.