The Great Taos Bank Robbery

And Other True Stories of the Southwest

By: Tony Hillerman

Narrated by: Jack Garrett

This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must listen for anyone looking to understand the state's unique charm. The engaging pieces in The Great Taos Bank Robbery unveil the life and magic one experiences in the Land of Enchantment.

©1973 Tony Hillerman (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"This collection is the essence of Hillerman, which is always instructive fun." ( New Mexican)

Description words easy to read

The stories in the book were well written. I found the book very interesting. Listening to the audio book made it valuable to imagine to see everything happening as reading it.

Tony Hillerman

I enjoyed the first part of the book, the great Taos bank robbery, and portions of the rest of the essays/stories. The last two were full of information, data and facts. I didn't realize we had that kind of revolution going on in the US. They were interesting, but I buy these books for entertainment and escape. This book did not do that. The first story can't carry the whole thing and I'm not active in politics. If I were, I might have known about this happening.

New Mexico stories from the inside.

Tony Hillerman has the concise descriptive style that appears expansive when exercised on the scale necessary for the landscape. That style comes from much practice. While many of these earlier works are verbose by comparison, they do show humor and a real feeling for the subject matter. The narrator tends to go into a monotone when the story get verbose and drawn out. He reads alot of it as if it were a text book, not an entertainment.

All things considered, I enjoyed and recommend this book.

Some good essays. Others harder to digest.

The cover title was excellent and overall, stories of New Mexico were fantastic. The more anthropological stories were a bit harder to digest and less enjoyable to me.

a blast from the past in the southwest

entertaining set of stories that feel even older than they are given how long it has been since the book came out. I don't know if the New Mexico described ever did let alone still exists but I kinda hope it did and maybe even does.