Paul,
I was born and raised in Hawthorne, three towns from Oakland and the Ramapo mountains. Growing up we heard ALOT about the slaves who escaped to the north and whom hid in the Ramapo mountains and woods; ultimately marrying or ending up with Ramapo indians.
As late as the 1970s ( I left in 1978) we heard many of these descendants rarely, if ever, left their part of the Ramapo mountain area and they didn't let outsiders in (for the most part). We heard of stories where firefighters would have to fight fires in and around their encampments but the fire trucks were themselves set ablaze. This tale and others, particularly about how they look proliferated widely in my area.
If you have ever heard of the Jackson Whites, have you used the Jackson White lore in any of your books? I'm new to your work (finally got to the 5th Repairman Jack book today), so pls forgive me if I'm not totally familiar with all of what you have written.
Jane
I was born and raised in Hawthorne, three towns from Oakland and the Ramapo mountains. Growing up we heard ALOT about the slaves who escaped to the north and whom hid in the Ramapo mountains and woods; ultimately marrying or ending up with Ramapo indians.
As late as the 1970s ( I left in 1978) we heard many of these descendants rarely, if ever, left their part of the Ramapo mountain area and they didn't let outsiders in (for the most part). We heard of stories where firefighters would have to fight fires in and around their encampments but the fire trucks were themselves set ablaze. This tale and others, particularly about how they look proliferated widely in my area.
If you have ever heard of the Jackson Whites, have you used the Jackson White lore in any of your books? I'm new to your work (finally got to the 5th Repairman Jack book today), so pls forgive me if I'm not totally familiar with all of what you have written.
Jane
This post was last modified: 05-11-2011, 02:37 AM by pkrplr4116.
fpw Wrote:Never heard of the Jackson Whites. But they sound interesting.
They sound like story-material indeed.
And Hawthorne, California is the birthplace of the blues.
:eek::out::bigsmile:
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:They sound like story-material indeed.Who said anything about California?
And Hawthorne, California is the birthplace of the blues.
:eek::out::bigsmile:
Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:Who said anything about California?
Ken V.
That was an attempted joke, Ken.
Hawthorne is the home-town of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson--the core of the Beach Boys.
I consider Brian Wilson a musical genius, but no one's ever confused the Beach Boys with the blues!
This post was last modified: 05-11-2011, 06:14 PM by Bluesman Mike Lindner.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:That was an attempted joke, Ken.And a pretty pathetic one at that.
<snip irrelevancy>
Hawthorne and the Ramapo Mountains are in northern New Jersey and southern New York.
Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:And a pretty pathetic one at that.
Hawthorne and the Ramapo Mountains are in northern New Jersey and southern New York.
Ken V.
Not every gag works, Ken. Nature of the game.
If you'd ever held an audience, on stage, as I have, you'd know that.
And why couldn't you just admit, "I didn't get the reference."
This post was last modified: 05-11-2011, 07:52 PM by Bluesman Mike Lindner.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Not every gag works, Ken. Nature of the game.Okay . . . you didn't get the reference.
If you'd ever held an audience, on stage, as I have, you'd know that.
And why couldn't you just admit, "I didn't get the reference."
Happy now?
Ken V.
Ken Valentine Wrote:Okay . . . you didn't get the reference.
Happy now?
Ken V.
Yup!
