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Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (light crease on back cover.,) SIGNED first edition - First printing, a trade paperback original. Essays on growing up in Oildale in California's great central valley - but most of all, essays about family and love. INSCRIBED on the first page by the author and signed at the end of a tribute to his Uncle Willie by his wife, Janice Haslam. Also SIGNED on the title page by Floyd Salas who wrote the foreword. 90 pp.
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About the Author
Gerald W. Haslam, called the "quintessential California writer" by critic David Peck, won the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award for his lifetime contribution to letters. His books previously earned a Commonwealth Club Medal, a Josephine Miles Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Award, as well as honors from the San Francisco Bay Area Book Reviewers' Association. He is Professor Emeritus of English at Sonoma State University.
Review
"...a touching and honest book by a great California writer and thinker." -- Dale Walker, The Rocky Mountain News
"Haslam celebrates his California heritage...with affection and understanding. -- Wayne Saroyan, San Francisco Chronicle
"In revealing himself, the author also inevitably unfolds his backdrop, the terrain for these essays -- California itself." -- Holly Johnson, The Sacramento Union
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