Seldom Disappointed
Encyclopedia
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir is the 2001 autobiography of author Tony Hillerman
. The title reflects the attitude that he learned as a child living on a farm in Oklahoma
; if one learns not to have unrealistic expectations, one will often be pleasantly surprised and seldom disappointed.
Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels...
. The title reflects the attitude that he learned as a child living on a farm in Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
; if one learns not to have unrealistic expectations, one will often be pleasantly surprised and seldom disappointed.
- "For everyone else, to miss what the New York Times Book Review called a "splendid and disarming remembrance of things past," would be a downright shame" (Quoted in Sooner Magazine, Fall 2002)