{"id":8721,"date":"2017-08-06T09:51:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8721"},"modified":"2017-08-06T09:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T15:51:35","slug":"the-little-fire-god-went-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8721","title":{"rendered":"The Little Fire God Went Running"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"The opening paragraph of the novel that made me a Tony Hillerman fan:<\/p>\n

Shulawitsi, the Little Fire God, member of the Council of the Gods and Deputy to the Sun, had taped his track shoes to his feet. He had wound the tape as Coach had taught him, tight over the arch of the foot. And now the spikes biting into the packed earth of the sheep trail seemed a part of him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Dance Hall Of The Dead<\/a>\"\" <\/em>(1973) by Tony Hillerman, one of a series of more-than-mysteries<\/a> set in and around the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New Mexico, and all still in print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The opening paragraph of the novel that made me a Tony Hillerman fan: Shulawitsi, the Little Fire God, member of the Council of the Gods and Deputy to the Sun, had taped his track shoes to his feet. He had wound the tape as Coach had taught him, tight over the arch of the foot. 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