Roslyn
Autor Jaymi Trimbleen Limba Engleză Hardback – noi 2008
Evoluția istoriografiei regionale americane a trecut de la simpla cronologie a expansiunii spre vest la o analiză detaliată a microcosmosurilor industriale care au definit identitatea statelor din nord-vest. În acest volum publicat de Arcadia Publishing (SC), descoperim că Roslyn nu este doar un punct geografic în Munții Cascade, ci un nucleu de convergență pentru imigranți din întreaga lume, atrași de febra cărbunelui. Reținem aici o cronică ce acoperă opt decenii de dominație a industriei miniere, perioadă în care orașul a pendulat între prosperitatea de tip „boomtown” și tensiuni sociale acute. Jaymi Trimble structurează narațiunea în jurul unor episoade care depășesc sfera economicului, oferind perspective asupra vieții cotidiene marcate de greve violente și figuri legendare. Cititorii familiarizați cu Red Lodge de John Clayton vor aprecia modul în care acest volum completează tabloul așezărilor miniere, însă, spre deosebire de accentul pus de Clayton pe ranch-uri și rodeo, Roslyn explorează o dimensiune cinematografică unică. Analizăm aici un oraș care, asemenea celui descris în Virginia City vs Bonanza, a supraviețuit declinului industrial prin intermediul culturii pop, fiind locul de filmare pentru celebrul serial „Northern Exposure”. Lucrarea integrează fotografii de arhivă și mărturii ale comunității, inclusiv contribuții de la Nick Henderson și Willie Craven, oferind o imagine clară a tranziției de la o economie bazată pe extracție la un simbol cultural al statului Washington. Textul nu omite aspectele pitorești sau controversate, de la jafurile atribuite lui Butch Cassidy până la arestarea insolită a lui Tony Bailey, oferind astfel o resursă valoroasă pentru cei interesați de istoria socială a Americii.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1531638465
Pagini: 130
Dimensiuni: 175 x 250 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
De ce să citești această carte
O incursiune fascinantă în istoria unui oraș minier din Washington care a refuzat să dispară. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă detaliată asupra impactului industriei cărbunelui și a modului în care cultura pop poate revitaliza o comunitate istorică. Este recomandată celor pasionați de istorie regională, sociologie industrială și fanilor serialului Northern Exposure care doresc să descopere decorul real din spatele ficțiunii.
Despre autor
Jaymi Trimble este o jurnalistă premiată, deținătoare a unui master în istorie, a cărei pasiune pentru conservarea trecutului local a condus la documentarea riguroasă a orașului Roslyn. În realizarea acestei lucrări, ea a colaborat strâns cu Nick Henderson, președintele Roslyn Historical Museum Society, și cu personalități locale marcante precum Willie Craven, primul primar de culoare din statul Washington. Expertiza sa jurnalistică se reflectă în capacitatea de a extrage povești umane relevante din datele de arhivă, transformând istoria locală într-o narațiune accesibilă.
Descriere
Roslyn, a mining town nestled in Washingtonas Cascade Mountains, is a little town with a big history. Founded three years before Washington was admitted to the Union, Roslyn became a boomtown after the discovery of coal. Coal was king in Roslyn for 80 years, and immigrants came from all over the world to work the mines. Roslynas remarkable history includes stories of murder, a mine strike that ended with the mine boss tied to the railroad tracks, and a bank robbery some claim was masterminded by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Readers will meet characters like Tony Baileyahe turned out to be a sheawho worked the mines for 11 months in 1949 before being arrested one night in a tavern for going into the womenas bathroom dressed as a man. And no book about Roslyn would be complete without a chapter on the hit television series Northern Exposure, which was filmed there.
Recenzii
Author: Mary Swift
Publication: Daily Record
Date: 11/21/2008
The town of Roslyn has long had a reputation as a place rich in history -- and memorable local characters.
Now, just in time for the holidays, an author from Prosser, Jaymi Trimble, serves up a photographic repast of colorful characters and events in her book, "Roslyn," part of Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" series.
The book boasts more than 200 vintage photographs along with Trimble's narrative.
Trimble, who moved to the Prosser area at the age of 12, has lived in Houston and, more recently, in Maui before returning to Prosser to handle her father's estate.
In October 2007, at the urging of friends, she visited Roslyn and the Roslyn Cemetery and found herself captivated.
"So I came home and decided I'd like to write a book about it," she says. She sent a query to Arcadia Publishing, publisher of local and regional history books, and the project was born.
Nick Henderson, the museum curator, opened the museum's archives to her.
"I spent so much time there that he gave me my own key," says Trimble, who drove an hour and a half to get there. "I literally lived at the museum."
The publisher wanted the project finished within five months.
"So I started at the end of November or early December and finished it at the end of May," she says.
Along the way she kept company, at least in spirit, with a host of those whose lives became part of the fabric of Roslyn's history.
From Roslyn's early years as a mining town when immigrants from across the world came together as a community toits role in the making of "Northern Exposure," even those who think they know Roslyn well may find some unusual treasures between the pages.
Those who don't know Roslyn well will find a wealth of information and anecdotes -- sometimes amusing, sometimes eccentric, and almost always entertaining.
Trimble's favorite story is about Tony Bailey, a man who was really a woman. She worked in the mines for nearly a year before her true identity was revealed.
"Tony Bailey was trying to save up money to open a restaurant," Trimble says. "Her father had left her and her mother when she was little. She'd been destitute. So when she got older she came up with the idea of going to work in the mines, saving up enough money and then disappearing. One day the guy Tony Bailey would be gone and she'd be able to support herself and her mother."
One day at a local tavern she inadvertently walked into the women's restroom dressed as a man and was arrested.
Among the stories:
- In the late 1800s, an Italian miner named Riela worked all day in the mines, then came home and dressed up like a woman before going out on the town.
n During a circus show in 1914, a snake handler named Myrtle Wilson was bitten by a rattlesnake and died. Her husband said he'd come back for her remains. Something must have come up. He never did. She's buried in the Old City Cemetery.
- You might say the spicy tamales made by a man named Mexican Jojo were the cat's meow, popular with miners and with gamblers at local taverns. Mexican Jojo never revealed his secret ingredients. Local residents may have sorted it out when he left town and they found barrels of cat skins and catcarcasses at his home.
- Back in the era when black players weren't allowed in the Major Leagues, Roslyn's Jimmy Claxton was a hard throwing leftie good enough to earn a spot with the Cleveland Indians. He had green eyes and light skin and told people he was Native American. His tenure with the team ended when it was learned he was of African-American descent.
- Was an 1892 robbery of the Roslyn Bank masterminded by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? That's the local legend.
- Before the mines built powder houses, miners kept powder kegs in their home to keep them dry. Then came the day in 1889 when a coal miner deep in his cups opened fire on a rat in his house. The resulting explosion killed the miner and destroyed the home. The mining company built a powder house.
Copies of Trimble's book, priced at $21.95, are available at the Roslyn Museum. She said she expects a number of other local outlets to carry the book. It's also available online through amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com