Seldom Disappointed: a memoir /
Tony Hillerman.
- 1st ed.
- New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
- viii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Papa's Melon--and What Happened Next -- Preparing for War -- Boy to Man -- The Second House -- Considered Educable -- Mama -- The Adventure -- Charley Company -- The Sentimental Journey -- At Last, the Real War -- Crossing the Vosges -- How to Get a Bronze Star Without Knowing Why -- Life in the Mertzwiller Convent -- The Worst (of Course) Winter Ever -- Halls of Ivy -- Now the Good Life Begins! -- Death Watch at the Morning Press -- Life in the City Different -- Stranger in the Ivory Tower -- Janet, Tony, Monica, Steve, and, Finally, Dan -- Inside the Ivory Tower -- Doer of Undignified Deeds -- Crazy Bus vs. the Organization -- The FAQs -- Life Among the Flower Children -- Back to the Dineh -- That Detour to Zuni -- Breakout Book -- Finally Finding Moon -- El Fin.
The celebrated author of mystery stories set in the American Southwest offers a memoir that touches on family, war, the Depression, and the life of a writer.