The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories of the Southwest

from smbmom

I picked this book up in Taos thinking that it might give me some insight into the people who inhabit New Mexico. I'm no expert, but it seems to ring true. The folks I met are mostly free spirits with their own way of doing things. This book presents the quirkiest of the bunch. It's a humorous, i...

from msf59

I have read and enjoyed several of Hillerman's Navajo tribal police novels and was expecting this to be a story collection. It turned out to be essays, told in a novelistic style. Featured front and center, is New Mexico. The state's past, including prehistoric times, along with the battles of Na...

from buffalogr

Super great stories about New Mexico...insights into the state. A couple of notable ones are about the 1967 Tierra Amarilla riots and the Navajo who couldn't get the wire strung. Classic New Mexico tales--read 'em!

from smbmom

I picked this book up in Taos thinking that it might give me some insight into the people who inhabit New Mexico. I'm no expert, but it seems to ring true. The folks I met are mostly free spirits with their own way of doing things. This book presents the quirkiest of the bunch. It's a humorous, i...

from MiaCulpa

I expected good things from “The Great Taos Bank robbery” but the book never reached those heights. The first story, about the bank robbery referenced in the title, promised much more than delivered and while there are some interesting essays on archaeology and very remote community, I couldn't g...