Great start for Red Lodge photo book
The early life of the new book “Images of America: Red Lodge” continues to be happy. Last week’s Billings Sunday Gazette included a remarkably positive review by Chris Rubich, highlighting the way the text seeks to “find interesting points behind many of the images.”
Rubich says, “the real test of a historical photo book is how much it engages people with first-hand ties” and at that level this one succeeds. I’ve had the same sorts of reactions: I get nervous around older folks who lived through the times the book depicts. After all, they lived through it and I often did not. But they’ve generally been quite generous, and excited about the fact that these images are recording their history.
Such was the case at last week’s “book release party” sponsored by the Carbon County Historical Society. Attendees numbered about 70 and included numerous old-timers who were able to fill in additional stories about some of the images portrayed in the slideshow.
I'm always interested in feedback, via info at johnclaytonbooks dot com
Rubich says, “the real test of a historical photo book is how much it engages people with first-hand ties” and at that level this one succeeds. I’ve had the same sorts of reactions: I get nervous around older folks who lived through the times the book depicts. After all, they lived through it and I often did not. But they’ve generally been quite generous, and excited about the fact that these images are recording their history.
Such was the case at last week’s “book release party” sponsored by the Carbon County Historical Society. Attendees numbered about 70 and included numerous old-timers who were able to fill in additional stories about some of the images portrayed in the slideshow.
I'm always interested in feedback, via info at johnclaytonbooks dot com
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