Tony Hillerman's Navajoland

Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries

by Laurance D Linford

Tony Hillerman is beloved for his novels of intrigue in the American Southwest. In "Tony Hillerman's Navajoland," Laurance Linford takes readers on a journey through the Four Corners region to the haunts of Hillerman's characters. Offered in encyclopedic form, each entry gives the common name of a particular location, the Navajo name and history, and a description of the location's significance in various Hillerman novels. An understanding of the Navajo names and their relations to the landscape will lend a new dimension to the characters and events Tony Hillerman created.This expanded third edition is updated to include all 72 sites from Hillerman's final and location-rich novel, "The Shape Shifter."

336 pp ~ illustrated — ©2011