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Craig Johnson

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

Attempting to recover from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is neck-deep in the investigation of what could or could not be the suicidal hanging of a shepherd. With unsettling connections to a Basque family with a reputation for removing the legs of Absaroka County sheriffs, matters become even more complicated with the appearance of an oversize wolf in the Big Horn Mountains. Land of Wolves (Viking) is the new novel in Craig Johnson’s beloved Longmire series – basis for the acclaimed A&E/Netflix television series Longmire. Please note: A purchase of Johnson’s new book, Land of Wolves, is required to join the signing line.

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Story Time for Grown Ups with David Loftus

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

A Christmas Eve Rescue: Craig Johnson’s Spirit of Steamboat It’s Christmas Eve 1988, and the new sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, Walt Longmire, gets a call that a wreck on I-90 has killed three adults. The only survivor is a 10-year-old girl, badly burned with inhalation injuries. Unless Walt can get her to Denver, she will die ... but a winter storm is rolling in, regional airports have closed, and the Life Flight heli-pilots who brought her in refuse to go up again. “Story Time for Grownups” offers a different kind of holiday tale: the desperate flight of a leaky 45-year-old World War II bomber through a blizzard to get a badly injured little girl to proper medical care. The pilot is crusty, profane, and…

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Jane Kirkpatrick in Conversation With Craig Johnson

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered — the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans. But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits America's Indigenous people from singing, dancing, or speaking their own languages as the powers that be insist on assimilation. Natalie makes it her mission not only to document these songs before they disappear but to appeal to…

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