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The first eagle [sound recording] / Tony Hillerman]

By:

Hillerman, Tony

Contributor(s):

Guidall, George

Material type: Sound

SoundPublication details: New York : Harper Audio , c1998, 2005.Description: 5 sound recordings (6 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

9780060763640

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

CD MYS HIL

Performed by George Guidall.Summary: Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is investigating the murder of a fellow officer--apparently committed by a young Hopi poaching eagles for ceremonial purposes. Chee's former mentor, Joe Leaphorn, is now retired and on his first case as a private detective, looking for a missing biologist who has been studying the spread of infectious diseases on the reservation. The men's destinies intersect once more in this case in which clues, like eagles, can only be found and understood by those who belong to the world of the reservation. Hillerman communicates a sense of the great space, beauty, and physical hardship of the desert landscape, and of the character of the people who live there. The mystery is set against a cultural backdrop of conflicts between Navajo and Hopi, Tribal and FBI law enforcement, sheep camp and city Navajo, and government and academic scientists studying disease outbreaks. The solution to the murder mystery comes stunningly into focus once the clues are all present and understood--but sadly (and true to life), the larger question of justice on the reservation, like the fate of the first eagle, is left unresolved.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	CD MYS HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		014292

Abridgement approved by the Author.

Performed by George Guidall.

Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is investigating the murder of a fellow officer--apparently committed by a young Hopi poaching eagles for ceremonial purposes. Chee's former mentor, Joe Leaphorn, is now retired and on his first case as a private detective, looking for a missing biologist who has been studying the spread of infectious diseases on the reservation. The men's destinies intersect once more in this case in which clues, like eagles, can only be found and understood by those who belong to the world of the reservation. Hillerman communicates a sense of the great space, beauty, and physical hardship of the desert landscape, and of the character of the people who live there. The mystery is set against a cultural backdrop of conflicts between Navajo and Hopi, Tribal and FBI law enforcement, sheep camp and city Navajo, and government and academic scientists studying disease outbreaks. The solution to the murder mystery comes stunningly into focus once the clues are all present and understood--but sadly (and true to life), the larger question of justice on the reservation, like the fate of the first eagle, is left unresolved.

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