Tuesday, November 20, 2007
 
Book Report: In Retrospect (I) edited by Kathy Condon (1975)
This book, the result of a high school project, came about when Wilda Swift (co-author of Webster Park 1892-1992) started a class to explore local history. Students interviewed a number of residents of the community who could remember life before 1914 and put the book (more of a magazine in a library binding) out.

As such, its quality is what you might expect; it looks as though it was typewritten with some photos pasted in. What a high school class could do 30 years ago before desktop publishing became available, then easy.

The book doesn't get into narratives; it just drops little sentence or paragraph excerpts from the interviews organized around topics. So it's more of a quilt than a cloth. Still, interesting enough to get details and a flavor.

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In Retrospect

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