Description

Fireside Press Publishing Cooperative, Roslyn, Washington, Published date: 1992. Softcover, printed paper wrappers; vii, 92 pp; 23 cm; First edition, stated. Illustrated with black and white drawings and reproductions throughout. In good+ condition. Illustrated paper covers with light edge wear, mild corner bumping, and light surface scuffing and fading; small piece of clear tape on spine placed over a small label with "24" in ink. Binding tight. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Local history and anecdotal memoir documenting life in the coal mining town of Roslyn, Washington, circa 1900-1940. Written and illustrated by Jerry Morris, a longtime Roslyn barber, the book records humorous, earthy, and affectionate stories drawn from oral tradition, family recollections, and barbershop storytelling. The narratives reflect the diversity, labor culture, and social life of Upper Kittitas County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Includes period-inspired illustrations by the author, vignette-style drawings, and interspersed folk recipes and practical lore. Dedicated to the author's father, Tony (Baldy) Morris. Published as the first project of the Fireside Press Publishing Cooperative, a Central Washington writers collective focused on preserving local lore and history. Contents include: Forward; Infested with Humor; Anna Bell; Outhouse Blues; Just a Touch of Indigestion; Cathouse Tamales; The Irresistible Grape; Mutton on the Lam; Fresh Means Fresh; The Devil's Leash; Fishing Was Never So Good; Tony's Last Ride; Call 'Em Like You See 'Em; Heads You Lose; Spit in the Cap; Gotcha!; Dance Fever; Credits.