Book Review
Posted January 10, 2013 at 5:59 am by Tim Dustrude
Roving Update book reviewer Diana Mancel has this report on a local book:
Just finished reading this book, Time Shadows & Tall Tales – San Juan Island in Earlier Years, by Dr. Jack J. Crawford. Dr. Crawford passed away in 2000, and this book was printed in 2010 with a preface from his wife, Nedell. I checked out the website for One Horse Outfit (http://www.onehorseoutfit.com/) and apparently it is now available as an e-book.
The book is a nice blend of information and legends from the islands. Did you know an enterprise called Bueller’s One Ring Circus used to winter near Mitchell Bay in the 1920’s? When the circus went bankrupt in the Great Depression, the owner gave all the performing ponies to children on the Island rather than have his horses go to slaughter.
There are 81 short chapters, with titles like “There’s a Monkey in the Wheelhouse!”, “Keystone Cops” and “The Swimming Mare”. You can pick up a copy of the book at the San Juan Library in the section 979.774 for Local Interest.
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