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1999
by HarperCollins
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Mass Market Paperback
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The United States
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0006481914
(isbn13: 9780006481911)
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Read in October, 2007
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Lots of intresting details, good research, but I was not really in suspence. Really wonderfull charecters too.
Later-I discussed this with a goodreads friend and 2 others and came to relize this was #14 in a series. I may go back and read #1 down the road. The anthropology was a blast.
Later-I discussed this with a goodreads friend and 2 others and came to relize this was #14 in a series. I may go back and read #1 down the road. The anthropology was a blast.
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Read in May, 2007
Narrated By: George Guidall
Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery
New York Times best-selling author Tony Hillerman packs his flawless mysteries with evocative southwestern scenery, Native American lore, and finely-crafted characters. In The First Eagle, fear has been sweeping the Navajo reservation ever since a vicious killer and an unusually virulent strain of bubonic plague started claiming victims. When Tribal policeman Jim Chee discovers a blood-stained Hopi man hovering over a young officer’...more
Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery
New York Times best-selling author Tony Hillerman packs his flawless mysteries with evocative southwestern scenery, Native American lore, and finely-crafted characters. In The First Eagle, fear has been sweeping the Navajo reservation ever since a vicious killer and an unusually virulent strain of bubonic plague started claiming victims. When Tribal policeman Jim Chee discovers a blood-stained Hopi man hovering over a young officer’...more
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recommends it for:
any mystery fan, cozy-readers as well as hard-bitten sleuths
I listened to Tony Hillerman's First Eagle, read by George Guidall. It was excellent, as his novels usually are. It's one of his Navajo mysteries. Each novel stands alone as a single episode, but they also make up a serial story about the characters' lives. I've read quite a few of them, entirely out of order, and haven't had any trouble following the serial aspects of the story. Mr. Hillerman manages to give enough information for you to keep up, while keeping the mystery story central.
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I listened to Tony Hillerman's First Eagle, read by George Guidall. It was excellent, as his novels usually are. It's one of his Navajo mysteries. Each novel stands alone as a single episode, but they also make up a serial story about the characters' lives. I've read quite a few of them, entirely out of order, and haven't had any trouble following the serial aspects of the story. Mr. Hillerman manages to give enough information for you to keep up, while keeping the mystery story central.
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Read in November, 2008
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murder mystery readers
From this murder mystery I learned the significance of death hogans, the use of eagle feathers in ceremonials, morning and hunting prayers, and the conflicts between the Navajo Way and materialism.
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This is my second novel I've read by Hillerman, the first being Coyote Waits. You get the distinct impression that he really wants to write a hard boiled detective novel, but he can't quite bring himself to make his characters that cynical. The story pulls you along a good pace, and the little insights into Native American culture are a unique and interesting facet. It has enough twists and gives you enough clues to keep you trying to ...more
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Read in January, 1997
Hillerman's writing style is not complex. I've read all the Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn mysteries, so they now just run together, I'd have to flip through each one to remember the distinction between each story. They have Native American culture background to all the plot lines, so I like them mostly for that reason. The TV movie adaptations are successful in my opinion, which may be due to the lack of literary complexities. I think they are well cast with Adam Beach as Jim Chee and Wes Studi as Leaph...more
Read in August, 2008
A Hopi eagle poacher is discovered over the body of a murdered Navajo Tribal police officer. Looks like an open and shut case until Joe Leaphorn identifies some unanswered questions. Solution—find the “first eagle.” Once Joe convinces Chee that the case against the Hopi has some big holes in it, they work together to find the real killer and along the way find another body which turns out to be linked to the first murder. Janet Pete is back to defend the accused killer. Her presence adds t...more
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Read all of Hillerman, if you like even one of his novels.
He writes great prose, intelligent portrayals of the Navajo, and detailed plots.
We are going to take a Tony Hillerman tour one day
and see the Shiprock Cafe!
He writes great prose, intelligent portrayals of the Navajo, and detailed plots.
We are going to take a Tony Hillerman tour one day
and see the Shiprock Cafe!
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Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. This one has the Bubonic plague, a missing young woman, a biologist, and a murdered police officer. As always, lots of Native American lore.
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Aside from the fact that Jim Chee really needs to get over his jealousy of Joe Leaphorn...this book entertained me very well as a book on tape from Evansville to Milwaukee.
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I really liked this one - better than the first Hillerman I read. Maybe because I knew what to expect of him. I still felt like I knew who did it way too early.
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Read in May, 2008
Always enjoy Hillerman's books because it's like going home to me. My soul belongs in the West and yearns to go home before my time runs
out here.
out here.
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I know I've read this one, I just can't remember when. Standard Hillerman-Jim Chee format with slight variations. Overall a very easy, good read.
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Read in February, 2008
Recently re-read this one. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are good characters but ones I take in small, infrequent doses.
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I'm a Tony Hillerman fan. Love learning about the Navaho culture. His mysteries are catching without being graphic.
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Short on plot but great descriptive ambience. Hillerman soothes me.
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Read in June, 2008
I always enjoy a Jim Chee mystery. A good fluff read.
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Read in June, 2001
An incredibly fun mystery series.
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