The Boy Who Made Dragonfly
A Zuni Myth
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Narrated by:
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Shaun Taylor-Corbett
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By:
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Tony Hillerman
About this listen
As fans of Tony Hillerman's detective novels know, he is a skilled interpreter of southwestern Indian cultures. In this book, first published in 1972, he recounts a Zuni myth first recorded a century ago by the anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. Hillerman's version of the story, written to be listened to by children ten years old and up, will have equal appeal for adults with an interest in Native American culture.
"In our society," Hillerman explains, "this would be called a 'Bible story.' Like stories based on the Old Testament, this narrative is intended to teach both the history and morality of a people." It tells the consequences of a drought in which Zuni crops were ruined and the tribe was forced to accept charity from neighboring Hopis.
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Dance Hall of the Dead
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: Michael Ansara
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 849
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 654
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 648
A Zuni Indian boy dies in a bizarre ritual slaying - and his best friend, a Navajo youth, is missing. Navajo police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn tracks the friend from Zuni village to Navajo hogan, from anthropological dig to hippie commune, across the desert of New Mexico and Arizona.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pace was off
- By James on 07-18-04
By: Tony Hillerman
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Navajo Autumn
- Navajo Nation Mystery, Book 1
- By: R. Allen Chappell
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Story4 out of 5 stars 352
Reservation "bad boy" Thomas Begay is found dead drunk under the La Plata Bridge, which is not unusual for him. What is unusual, however, is that beautiful BIA investigator Patsy Greyhorse is found lying beside him, not drunk or even a Navajo but very dead nonetheless. Charlie Yazzie, fresh from law school, risks his career and even his life to help his old friend. The answer seems to lie with the Yeenaaldiooshii...should one choose to believe in such things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By Jean on 03-31-16
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The Fly on the Wall
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: Erik Bergmann
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story4 out of 5 stars 187
Ace reporter John Cotton is a fly on the wall, seeing all, hearing all, and keeping out of sight. But the game changes when he finds his best friend's corpse sprawled on the marble floor of the central rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Suddenly Cotton knows too much about a scandal centered around a senatorial candidate, a million-dollar scam, and a murder. And he hears the pursuing footsteps of powerful people who have something to hide... and a willingness to kill to keep their secrets hidden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another exciting Hillerman book!
- By Laura T on 02-17-16
By: Tony Hillerman
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Finding Moon
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
A phone call in 1975 changes Moon Mathias’s life forever, as a voice on the line tells him his dead brother’s baby daughter—a child Moon never knew existed—is waiting for him in Southeast Asia. A task he believes beyond his meager talents is pulling Moon to Vietnam. In a chilling world of mystery and silence, disguise and deception, he’ll risk everything for the sake of one little girl—and discover a Moon Mathias who’s a better man than he ever thought he could be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love overcomes war
- By Christy Gardner on 08-19-24
By: Tony Hillerman
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The Great Taos Bank Robbery
- And Other True Stories of the Southwest
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An entertaining book for exploring the southwest
- By Mark on 05-20-15
By: Tony Hillerman
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The Blessing Way
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,837
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,529
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,517
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high, lonely place: a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo tribal police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A 'Blessing' Indeed!
- By Carole T. on 03-15-16
By: Tony Hillerman
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Dance Hall of the Dead
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: Michael Ansara
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 849
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 654
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 648
A Zuni Indian boy dies in a bizarre ritual slaying - and his best friend, a Navajo youth, is missing. Navajo police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn tracks the friend from Zuni village to Navajo hogan, from anthropological dig to hippie commune, across the desert of New Mexico and Arizona.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pace was off
- By James on 07-18-04
By: Tony Hillerman
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Navajo Autumn
- Navajo Nation Mystery, Book 1
- By: R. Allen Chappell
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Story4 out of 5 stars 352
Reservation "bad boy" Thomas Begay is found dead drunk under the La Plata Bridge, which is not unusual for him. What is unusual, however, is that beautiful BIA investigator Patsy Greyhorse is found lying beside him, not drunk or even a Navajo but very dead nonetheless. Charlie Yazzie, fresh from law school, risks his career and even his life to help his old friend. The answer seems to lie with the Yeenaaldiooshii...should one choose to believe in such things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By Jean on 03-31-16
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The Fallen Man
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 789
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 711
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 707
When a human skeleton is discovered on sacred Navajo land, the publicity surrounding the find sets in motion a widespread investigation and a series of attempted murders. After a Washington group hires Leaphorn to investigate the "fallen man's" past, he joins Chee in unraveling a deadly intrigue that finally involves players from both the FBI and a suspicious corporation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great Leaphorn / Chee tale
- By Pamela on 03-11-19
By: Tony Hillerman
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Shadow of the Solstice
- A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel
- By: Anne Hillerman
- Narrated by: Jessica Matten
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice?
By: Anne Hillerman
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Tony Hillerman
- A Life
- By: James McGrath Morris
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 45
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The author of 18 spellbinding detective novels set on the Navajo Nation, Tony Hillerman simultaneously transformed a traditional genre and unlocked the mysteries of the Navajo culture to an audience of millions. His best-selling novels added Navajo Tribal Police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee to the pantheon of American fictional detectives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well written biography of an American legend.
- By Kevin McFarlane on 02-05-22
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Bear Witness
- Naomi Manymules Mysteries, Book 2
- By: J. and D. Burges
- Narrated by: Renee Dodd
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Witnessing a bar scuffle was not what Navajo paralegal Naomi Manymules expected, but the chaos in Sage Landing was just getting started. A famous Hollywood producer has brought in truckloads of outsiders to make his next blockbuster. As if her movie-dazzled kids and her criminal dog aren’t problems enough, Naomi worries that her boss, attorney Grant Carson, won’t take on enough legal work to keep the office going.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The book was so fresh and realistic, so unlike the formula of most amateur detective books these days
- By Candace Russell on 12-28-24
By: J. and D. Burges
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Finding Moon
- By: Tony Hillerman
- Narrated by: Erik Bergmann
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Until the telephone call came for him on April 12, 1975, the world of Moon Mathias had settled into a predictable routine. He knew who he was. He was the disappointing son of Victoria Mathias, the brother of the brilliant, recently dead Ricky Mathias and a man who could be counted on to solve small problems. But the telephone caller was an airport security officer, and the news he delivered handed Moon a problem as large as Southeast Asia. His mother, who should be in her Florida apartment, is fighting for her life in a Los Angeles hospital - stricken while en route to the Philippines to bring home a grandchild they hadn't known existed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not the Tony Hillerman I Know
- By David on 08-15-14
By: Tony Hillerman
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The Chickasaw Nation Mysteries: Books 1-4
- By: Kris Lackey
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 26 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
This collection of mysteries from a fresh voice in Southwestern fiction stakes out the common ground between Tony Hillerman, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy. Collection includes Nail’s Crossing, Greasy Bend, Butcher Pen Road, and Ten-Acre Rock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVE THIS SERIES!!
- By Kareen on 06-27-24
By: Kris Lackey
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- jangmn
- 09-06-24
Wonderfull way to understanding other cultures
The narrator was easy to listen to and did an excellent job of narrating this book period. The book is another example what you're an amazing versatile author Tony Hillerman is. This book is a pure joy to listen to.
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- Diane G
- 11-18-24
Wonderful story, told so well!
It is so good that some of the oral histories have been recorded.
Wonderful story, told so well!
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- Ty H.
- 10-22-24
Absolutely Charming!!!
This is now one of my all time favorites. I love Tony Hillerman’s books but this is by far my favorite! I do not think that anyone could have read it any better either. Thank you
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- Katy Oliverson
- 05-05-24
Loved the symbolism
I enjoy all of Tony Hillerman's works and this telling of the Zuni myth of the dragaonfly (and epilogue comparison to Christian origin stories) is no exception. i appreciate the narrator's talent and gift of pacing, placing emphasis and gravity where needed, and skill in pronouncing the Dine' words. it is a short read, but very enjoyable and helpful in understanding some of the culture surrounding the native peoples of the American southwest.
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- Jon Risser
- 06-15-24
Legendary myth never written
Dragonfly gives everyone a reason to strive for kindness towards others, especially those less fortunate. A good bed time story.
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- Janet L
- 01-30-25
Poor narration of a white man’s story
Neither Hillerman nor Cushing were Zuni. Neither the text nor the reading of it sound authentic. If you want Zuni stories as told by the people themselves, read the book The Zunis Self Portrayals. That’s how they tell their stories.
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