Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tony Hillerman, 1925-2008

Author Tony Hillerman died Tuesday at age 83. He is most famous for a series of mystery stories set on the Navajo Reservation. Hillerman captured the essence of the discord between the modern society and the Navajo, or Dineh, world of spirits, nature, and magic.

Perrot has a collection of his mysteries and other titles on display in the Rand Room (Fiction).

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