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  <title><![CDATA[The Blessing Way (Navajo Mysteries, #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>High on the desolate mesa they found the body. The mouth was filled with sand. No tracks, no clues. Every Navajo knew that nothing human killed like that.

Rumors of witchcraft and the supernatural are nothing new to Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. He and anthropologist Bergen McKee had stalked the Wolf-Witch before. Always it had eluded them, vanishing like a ghost on the wind. But never had it left such a horrifying trail of murder.

For Lt. Leaphorn, the case was a baffling challenge to his logic. For Bergen McKee, it was a problem of academic concern. Now, no longer is tracking the Navajo Wolf simply a challenge&amp;mdash;now it's a matter of life and death.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1970</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Blessing Way (Navajo Mysteries, Book 1)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tony Hillerman]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This first book in the Joe Leaphorn series features an exciting conclusion, but it also features two heroes instead of one (Ethnologist Bergen McKee gets more pages than Leaphorn), and I don't think it is always clear where the focus of the novel is supposed to be.  The ethnic information about Witc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62668475">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 08 20:18:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 08:23:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've had several people tell me that if I like Craig Johnson I should try Tony Hillerman.  Well, I *love* Craig Johnson so decided to take their advice and try Hillerman.  I'm glad I did.  <br/><br/>I think this first book, written in 1970 is a little rough around the edges but I see why people co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77165720">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 17 06:20:38 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 17 06:28:05 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hillerman is chocolate.  Read him at the beach, read him before bed, but read him.  Then you too will belong to the high plains, the canyons and mesas of the desert Southwest.  You will think and speak differently, quietly, thoughtfully.  You will find the wound in the floor of the kiva, a melody wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2048954">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 16 19:48:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 25 19:08:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[High on the desolate mesa they found the body. The mouth was filled with sand. No tracks, no clues. Every Navajo knew that nothing human killed like that.<br/>Rumors of witchcraft and the supernatural are nothing new to Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. He and anthropologist Bergen McKe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74784955">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43146879">
    <user id="1914235">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 12:03:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 18 12:49:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first novel by Tony Hillerman.  Luis Horseman is wanted by the law and Lt. Leaphorn is looking for him.  Horseman turns up dead several hundred miles from where he is suspected of hiding. McKee is a professor trying to learn about Indian witchcraft and if it is real or not.  There have been sigh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43146879">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73080689">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 05:30:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 05:47:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Someone is acting as a Navajo witch.  <br/>A young man who is running from the law is killed in a strange way and dragged out to be found.<br/>Bergen McKee, a divorced professor of Native American studies is back home trying to get more data on Navajo witches.<br/>Ellen Leon is seaching for her f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73080689">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74149991">
    <user id="1196786">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wilton, NH]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 05:13:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 11 05:18:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My daughter picked this to use for a book project in school, and since it had been ages since I read Hillerman I decided to read it again when she was finished. It is the first in his Navajo series, and while it is good, it isn't as well done as the later stories. And I had nearly forgotten about th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74149991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69112834">
    <user id="936155">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 27 12:19:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 27 12:19:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a quick read but it covered a lot of ground for a book of its size.  The characters were multi-faceted and realistic.  The main character was self-deprecating and struggled with self-esteem but you'd never know if from the way he acted; it was purely an internal struggle for him.  The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69112834">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65693470">
    <user id="1378936">
    <name><![CDATA[Deb ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jaffrey, NH]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 31 14:37:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 08:21:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first Joe Leaphorn novel.  His character is introduced matter-of-factly, with no fanfare.  In fact his character is not the main focus in this novel.  I've read other novels in the series so I decided it was time to go back the the start.  The main character is an anthropologist who has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65693470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69553271">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Springville, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 31 07:52:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 31 07:53:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hillerman’s collection of mysteries set in the Navaho/Hopi lands of Arizona/New Mexico/Utah.  One side benefit of reading this stories is what the reader learns about historical and contemporary Hope and Navaho culture.  Hillerman has created two attractive sleuths, former fabled Navaho tribal pol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69553271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67689861">
    <user id="2405906">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chino Valley, AZ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 16 21:21:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 16 21:23:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd started reading some of Hillerman's books piecemeal and thought I'd start over at the beginning. I didn't care for this book quite as much as some of the later ones - partly I'm sure because it just takes a while for a series to sort of get a stride going and maybe Hillerman thought this would b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67689861">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61995272">
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    <name><![CDATA[Pam]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 03 00:46:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 03 00:49:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have really enjoyed the whole series of the adventures of Joe Leaphorn and his friends on the Navajo reservation police force. I'm told he does really well with the customs and culture of the area. The characters were folks that would be interesting to know, and he made the desert landscapes come ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61995272">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75777441">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kerry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Amherst, MA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 26 09:43:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 06 16:08:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering this is Hillerman's first novel, I'll try not to be too harsh. It did have a bit of Navajo lore in it, which I did find interesting, but I really wanted more magic, lore, and mystery than it actually delivered. His writting style just didn't do it for me. There was some action, but I fou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75777441">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68461833">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[These early books of Hillerman's are embedded with rich Navajo culture, and good way to help the Beliganna understand their mores and taboos.  I used five of his books in my English classes, with a Cultural awareness unity we did.  about 45% of our high school was Navajo, and many of them didn't kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68461833">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16793239">
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    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first of a brilliant series of detective novels. The protagonist is a Navajo tribal police detective and the story is immersed in Navajo culture and the look and feel of the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States.<br/><br/>As a near-native New Mexican (lived here since I was fou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16793239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62926249">
    <user id="2478304">
    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Silver Spring, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 10 10:48:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 10 10:51:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an excellent introduction to not only Navajo beliefs and traditions, but how the Navajo have continued to live within the white man's world while trying in various ways to continue to be Navajo.  Very good introduction to the culture, both classically and currently. Plus, a darn good st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62926249">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I read this a while ago, I remember it being a provocative narrative about the west that challenged pre-conceived notions about law enforcement and the origin of evil.  It was a quick read, but the characters are engaging and multi-dimensional.  It left me wanting to read more of the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book with Navajo Detective Joe Leaphorn. You can tell that Leaphorn was originally going to be an incidental character, but he thankfully grew to be, if not the primary, at least the co-protagonist in the story. A great start to a series I really love.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite somewhat cardboard characters (perhaps because it's a series?) this provided a fascinating description of Navajo ways. It was a particularly good vacation read as we were travelling through this area while reading it, and it described the countryside perfectly.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hillerman is one of my favorites. This is his first Navajo mystery and it isn't so much a Joe Leaphorn novel as a Leaphorn/McKee novel. I have not read all the early books, so I don't know if McKee keeps coming back. This is darker to me than the later books, and a little more uneven, but still was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55002239">more...</a>]]></body>
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