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Another Man's Moccasins (2008)

by Craig Johnson

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Series: Walt Longmire (4)

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When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam forty years ago. To complicate matters, Virgil White Buffalo, a homeless Crow Indian, is found living in a nearby culvert and in possession of the young woman's purse. There are only two problems with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. One, the sheriff doesn't think Virgil White Buffalo, a Vietnam vet with a troubling past, is a murderer. And two, the photo that is found in the woman's purse looks hauntingly familiar to Walt.… (more)
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3.5 stars ( )
  dmurfgal | Dec 9, 2022 |
I love this series. This one switches between present day Wyoming and Vietnam around the time of the Tet Offensive. Walt's war experiences added a lot to both the book and to my understanding of the character. ( )
  tsmom1219 | Feb 24, 2022 |
I like the Longmire series, but the Vietnam flashbacks didn't do much for me. ( )
  minkscat | Jan 29, 2022 |
I love this series, but didn't particularly like the flashback scenes.
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Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire #4)


Rosey Wayman, in the Wyoming Highway Patrol, trademark grin, and her blue eyes sparked.
Virgil White Buffalo, a homeless Crow Indian,

Chuck Frymyer and Double Tough, my two deputies from the southern part of the county.
Den and James Dunnigan were a couple of hardscrabble ranchers from out near Bailey. found body
Lieutenant Karl Cox, the highway patrol division commander
Ho Thi Paquet, Vietnamese Asian woman’s body onto a gurney, was a Vietnamese illegal
Cathi and Chris EMTs,
T.J. had left with her DCI crew
Ben Helton’s nose was still bleeding, and Jim Thomas Highway Patrol's
Santiago Saizarbitoria, Vic had nicknamed him Sancho
Phillip Maynard, bartender,Wild Bunch Bar, stringy-looking young man,flame tattoos,shaved head.
Tran Van Tuyen, and he was out of Riverside, California, distribution of Asian-market films


Vietnam Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam: 1967 Drug Case
Major
I’m putting you with Mendoza, who is our own 377th, and Baranski of central intelligence division
Mai Kim 15, with a lascivious wink. Boy-Howdy Beau-Coups Good Times Lounge, tiny prostitute
Le Khang bartender Boy-Howdy Beau-Coups Good Times Lounge
Hollywood Hoang, ARVN captain, a sky-blue flight suit, white silk scarf. Anything you want, he can get.
U.S. Marine PFC James Tuley, of Toledo, Ohio, died of a heroin overdose in-flight from this air base
Le Khang, bartender,
Babysan Quang Sang, half my height, the little guy was a fierce-looking individual, Henry's partner

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Craig Johnsonprimary authorall editionscalculated
Aslanides, SophieTraductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
guidall, georgeNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mollica, GregCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sánchez, María PorrasTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Welch, DarrenCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Great spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins. -- Old Indian Prayer
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For Bill Bower and all those crazy bastards who flew off the USS Hornet and into those cold, gray skies on the morning on April 18, 1942 -- and everybody who ever threw a salute before and after.
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When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam forty years ago. To complicate matters, Virgil White Buffalo, a homeless Crow Indian, is found living in a nearby culvert and in possession of the young woman's purse. There are only two problems with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. One, the sheriff doesn't think Virgil White Buffalo, a Vietnam vet with a troubling past, is a murderer. And two, the photo that is found in the woman's purse looks hauntingly familiar to Walt.

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