Sacred Clowns /Leaphorn & Chee novel
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, c1993.
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West Routt Library District - FICTION
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Alamosa Public Library - MYSTERY | MYSTERY FICTION HIL | On Shelf | |
Carnegie Public Library - FICTION | FIC HILLE Leaphorn & Chee #11 | On Shelf | |
Conejos Library District - LAJARA - FICTION | Adult Fic. Hil. | On Shelf | |
Crowley County School District - CAMPUS - YOUNG ADULT FICTION | YA F HIL brown | AR | On Shelf |
Del Norte Public Library - MYSTERY | MF Hil T | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, c1993.
Format
Book
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305 pages 22 cm.
Language
English
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Telling his story the Navajo way, Hillerman ( Coyote Waits ) fully develops the background of the cases pursued by Navajo Tribal Policemen, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, so that the resolutions--personal and professional--ring true with gratifying inevitability. A white woodshop teacher at St. Bonaventure's mission school is bludgeoned to death in his schoolroom; a student, a young boy from Tano Pueblo, is missing. The boy's uncle, a koshare, or sacred clown, in a kachina dance, is stabbed to death right after the ceremony in which he has symbolically warned of the dangers of selling sacred objects; an old man is killed on the highway in a hit and run. Chee, who is apprehensive about working for Leaphorn, tries to locate the missing boy, whose grandmother is on the Navajo Tribal Council, and to learn who ran down the old man, but he is distracted by his growing attachment to lawyer Janet Pete and by his desire to be a hataalii , or shaman, as well as a cop. Leaphorn searches for clues while simultaneously grieving for his wife who died 18 months earlier and considering his relationship with linguistics professor Louisa Bourebonette. Jurisdictional conflicts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Apache County Sheriff's Office reflect the cultural differences that obtain among tribes and clans as this first Leaphorn story in three years, steeped in Navajo lore and traditions, draws to its convincing conclusions.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hillerman, T. (1993). Sacred Clowns /Leaphorn & Chee novel . HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hillerman, Tony. 1993. Sacred Clowns /Leaphorn & Chee Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns /Leaphorn & Chee Novel HarperCollins, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns /Leaphorn & Chee Novel HarperCollins, 1993.
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