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Highlights
- In this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author.
- Oklahoma Book Award (Nonfiction) 2002 3rd Winner
- Author(s): Tony Hillerman
- 368 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Literary Figures
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About the Book
This is a splendid memoir, an affectionate and unvarnished recollection of the life of one of America's best-loved writers today. Beginning with his upbringing in Depression-era Oklahoma, this book spans Hillerman's tour of duty in France in World War II, his newspaper career, and his now legendary entry into publishing. Photo inserts.Book Synopsis
In this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author. Using the gifts of a talented novelist and reporter, Hillerman draws brilliant portrait not just of his life, but of the world around him.
Review Quotes
"A warmly old-fashioned reminiscence from the dean of the American regional mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Hillerman reveals the real author...a great yarn." -- Denver Post, Glenn Griffin
"[Tony Hillerman] commits his own world--and his optimist's attitude--to the page." -- NY Daily News
"A splendid and disarming remembrance of things past." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Man of mysteries seldom disappoints." -- Chicago Tribune
"Seldom Disappointed is no disappointment...an amazing reporter's eye at work." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, John Sandford