{"product_id":"gringo-lessons-bill-whaley-9780986270604","title":"Gringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGringo Lessons: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwenty Years of Terror in Taos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tale of modern adventure about a young man, who experienced the local culture from 1966 to 1987. There he met the community: skiers, \u003cem\u003eLa Gente\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003elos vato locos\u003c\/em\u003e, Chicano activists and their Spanish contemporaries, the artists, drug dealers, fellow soldiers, tempting sirens, the occasional movie star, and a host of con artists. Finally the fool abandoned Taos and returned to university only to return and publish \u003cem\u003eHorse Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, a monthly journal about politics and art for another decade, which he promises to chronicle in a sequel: \u003cem\u003eTaos Redux: The Horse Fly Years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBill Whaley, the author of \u003cem\u003eGringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos\u003c\/em\u003e, has pursued adventure as an entrepreneur, and journalist in El Norte for almost fifty years. Recently, he edited Paul O'Connor's prize-winning photography book, \u003cem\u003eTaos Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e. Bill teaches courses in literature, philosophy, and writing for the University of New Mexico's Upper Division Bachelor and Graduate program in Taos. He published a monthly journal about art and culture, \u003cem\u003eHorse Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, from 1999 to 2009. For his devotion to the local \u003cem\u003ecultura\u003c\/em\u003e and other stimulating challenges, the so-called Bad Gringo has endured financial failure and suffered the slings and errors of political and prosecutorial misconduct while being memorialized as a figure in a Day of the Dead tableau. If his application to a witness protection plan is accepted, he promises to write a sequel called \u003cem\u003eTaos Redux: The Horse Fly Years\u003c\/em\u003e, a terrifying comedy of political revenge and retaliation about a pesky insect, called \u003cem\u003eLa Mosca\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Whaley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0986270601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986270604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nighthawk Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Bill Whaley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120538874111,"sku":"9780986270604","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_763e7ab9-6979-4aa9-9bf0-aeedd834ca10.jpg?v=1687414885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gringo-lessons-bill-whaley-9780986270604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}