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by Tony Hillerman (Author) "The body of Anderson Nez lay under a sheet on the gurney, waiting ..." (more)
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It seems like July 8 is going to be a bad day for Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee. He's got a stack of overdue paperwork on his desk. Anderson Nez has died of plague, but the circumstances around the death are murky. His ex-fiancée, Janet Pete, is returning from Washington, D.C., and Chee doesn't know what to think about her last letter. (Will they be getting married this time?) And Officer Benny Kinsman's unwanted advances have enraged Catherine Pollard (among others), one of the scientists studying this newest outbreak of the black death. Now, the hot-headed Kinsman's gone off to nab a Hopi man who's poaching eagles. When Chee is called to back Kinsman up at Yells Back Butte, the bad day turns worse. He finds the young Hopi, Robert Jano, standing over Benny's mortally wounded body. Jano insists that he did not kill the police officer. Add to all this Joe Leaphorn's separate investigation, also involving July 8. Joe's got a new role as consulting detective to the wealthy--investigating the July 8 disappearance at Yells Back Butte of the same Catherine Pollard who was dogged by Kinsman.

This one bad day and the ensuing days of investigation bring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee together once again as they uncover the secret of Yells Back Butte, plague fleas, and skinwalkers. As usual, Hilllerman's ear for dialogue is remarkable. One does not read Leaphorn and Chee's words and thoughts as much as hear them. While the book invites new readers (little knowledge of the previous books in the series is presumed), one has the sense of entering an old neighborhood where friends and relations are established and emotions run deep. Jim Chee's pain is vivid as he struggles under the shadow of Leaphorn and questions the "rusty trailer" lifestyle that has driven him apart from Janet. Nothing is contrived in his mixture of fear and elation when he and Janet meet again.

Hillerman has written an engaging novel that once again evokes the land and people of the Southwest while also confronting the cultural separateness of the region from the power centers of the East. Already honored for his previous work (Dance Hall of the Dead received the Edgar), The First Eagle is a welcome addition to the beloved Chee-Leaphorn series that began in 1971 with The Blessing Way. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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The modern resurgence of the black death animates Hillerman's 14th tale featuring retired widower Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee. Bubonic plague has survived for centuries in the prairie-dog villages of the Southwest, where its continuing adaptation to modern antibiotics has increased its potential for mass destruction. Leaphorn is hired by a wealthy Santa Fe woman to search for her granddaughter, biologist Catherine Pollard, who has disappeared during her field work as a "flea catcher," collecting plague-carrying specimens from desert rodents. At the same time, Jim Chee arrests Robert Jano, a young Hopi man and known poacher of eagles, in the bludgeoning death of another Navajo Police officer at a site where the biologist was seen working. As Leaphorn learns more about Pollard's work from her boss in the Indian Health Service and an epidemiologist with ties to a pharmaceutical company, the U.S. Attorney's office decides to seek the death penalty against Jano, who is being represented by Chee's former fiancee, Janet Pete, recently returned from Washington, D.C. Hillerman's trademark melding of Navajo tradition and modern culture is captured with crystal clarity in this tale of an ancient scourge's resurgence in today's world. The uneasy mix of old ways and new is articulated with resonant depth as Chee, an aspiring shaman, is driven to choose between his career and his commitment to the ways of his people, and Leaphorn moves into a deeper friendship with ethnology professor, Louisa Bourebonette. Author tour. (Aug.) FYI: Simultaneous release by HarperAudio in abridged ($25 ISBN 0-694-52011-X) and unabridged ($34.95 ISBN 0-694-52051-9) editions.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Tail feathers and a snowman, Jan 6 2004
By hrladyship (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The First Eagle (Audio Cassette)
By the time of "The First Eagle," Lt. Joe Leaphorn has become Mr. Leaphorn and Jim Chee is acting lieutenant of the Navajo police. But some things have not changed. Murder is still a problem on the reservation as is bubonic plague, carried by fleas from rodents, especially prairie dogs. The plague has brought investigators from different labs hoping to gain knoweldge of how the new, resistant strain can be combated.

The police investigation begins when one of their own, Officer Kinsman, is killed by a Hopi poaching eagles on the reservation. Chee catches the man red-handed (with blood) and arrests him. Meanwhile, Leaphorn has been asked to try and find Catherine Pollard, a young biologist who has been working for the health service on the plague problem. As the separate investigations progress, their paths begin to converge.

To complicate matters, Chee is surprised and guardedly optimistic to find his one-time fiance has returned from Washington, and she is working with the public defenders office and will be defending the Hopi. He agonizes over whether her feelings have changed and is noncomittal when the prosecutor and FBI agents ask about his relationship with her.

Much hinges on whether there were one or two eagles captured by the Hopi, and what has happened to the missing health services investigator. Is she alive? Did she kill Kinsman? Or is the Hopi guilty after all?

This is another of Hillerman's good, simple mysteries involving two of the favorite policemen in the southwest. Readers of Hillerman's mysteries might also enjoy those written by Dick Francis. Although taking place in England, for the most part, they are as clearly written and have heroes of the same caliber.

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4.0 out of 5 stars You can see the Hillerman pattern, Sep 25 2004
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The First Eagle (Hardcover)
Because this is my first access to Tony Hillerman I can tell you of the worth of this story without having to compare to earlier works. This was a recording Preformed by George Guidall.

I was going for the story. That is why I buy book. However I understand that many people buy Hillerman for the ambiance. I found enough supporting information to make this story stand alone with out having to have a broad background from earlier books. I found the mystery well designed and the characters well rounded.

I have traveled in the locations mentioned in the book. However I only recognize a few of the place names. Probably if I was more familiar with the people of that regain I would have picked up on other things implied and described. I did however recognize the San Francisco Mountains and Shiprock. The big recognition shocker was the reference to the Navaho Taco. Last time I was at Mesa Verde they were five dollars.

In the audio edition the story is narrated by George Guidall. George almost sounds like Tony himself and adds a hand-me down story telling dimension to the novel.

This book stands alone and if you have not already makes you want to start the series.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Chee's the Lieutenant now, Oct 30 2003
By David W. Nicholas (Montrose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The First Eagle (Hardcover)
Tony Hillerman has been writing detective novels about Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, Navajo policemen who fight crime on the reservation and deal with things that are often wrapped up in tribal justice, and sometimes possibly supernatural things, too. Each of these stories is strong, in its own way. This one is standard, middle-of-the-road Hillerman, with the difference that there's no supernatural element to the story.

Instead, we get a short crash course in infectious diseases, including the bubonic plague and hantavirus, among others. A Navajo dies of plague, and a Navajo policeman is murdered, apparently by a Hopi who's poaching eagles on the Navajo reservation. Chee (now an acting Lieutenant in the Navajo tribal police) catches the poacher leaning over the dead cop, makes the expected deduction, and arrests him. Things heat up a bit when he discovers that his old flame, Janet Pete, is back from Washington and coincidentally acting as the poacher's defense attorney.

I like Tony Hillerman, and I liked this book. It did lack some of the atmosphere of some of his earlier novel, as there isn't much of the tribal mysticism that made other books so interesting, but it is a good story and fun.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another great Hillerman novel.
"First Eagle" is another great Tony Hillerman novel. I think this one deserves extra praise due to the continuing character development Hillerman provides us with. Read more
Published on Jul 18 2002 by Chad Baker

1.0 out of 5 stars This book stinks
I thought that the book was very boring and was really uninteresting. It started out o.k. I guess but after that it just started to drag on and wasn't interesting at all. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2002 by Billy

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winning Leaphorn Mystery
"The First Eagle", by Tony Hillerman, Audio Cassette version read by George Guidall, Harper Audio, 1998.

Another good Jim Chee/ Lt. Read more

Published on Feb 21 2002 by John P. Rooney

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable mystery, well-paced, with good characters
Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee believes he has an open and shut murder case when he catches a known poacher standing over the dying body of a fellow policeman. Read more
Published on Aug 28 2001 by Christian Wheeler

3.0 out of 5 stars After reading "the Blessing Way" I couldn't wait to read
another Hillerman novel. This was an interesting story, but didn't provide the typical "Hillerman" narrative about the traditions of the native Indians. Read more
Published on May 21 2001 by Ruth A. Caldwell

1.0 out of 5 stars Read the early ones!
Read the early ones -- "Blessing Way" and so forth. They are wonderful -- funny, suspenseful, warm, and very visual -- with interesting depictions of Navajo life... Read more
Published on Mar 23 2001 by siliconvalleythinker

2.0 out of 5 stars Hillerman needs to visit Northern Arizona
Having been a resident of Flagstaff, and happening to live there when this book came out, I was sorely disappointed to read Hillerman's erroneous descriptions of the area. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best
Not only the mystery was interesting, but the characters of Chee and Leaphorn really came alive. Am looking forward to the next one to pickup the story on these two men.
Published on Feb 13 2001 by Peggy Anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars First Time Reader
I enjoyed this Tony Hillerman novel. I really enjoyed the information about Native Americans. I think I would like to read other Hillerman novels and his non-fiction works.
Published on Jul 31 2000 by jrountree

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I can't agree with those who sound disappointed in this book by Hillerman. I think it may have been a little more difficult to compeletly understand because following the... Read more
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