{"product_id":"9780986270611","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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nighthawk Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49782592700656,"sku":"9780986270611","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986270611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}