Vas You Ever In Zinzinnati?
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Family history
As my Mom is cleaning out the museum room (It’s like a walk-in attic; a large unfinished room upstairs in her house where boxes of stuff have been stored for years) she has given me a variety of old books, which I will report on occasionally. This is one of those books.
Given to my Aunt Anna Mary and my Uncle Gus by cousin Virginia Pulskamp June 28, 1968, it makes for an interesting read forty years later. I have only been to Cincinnati twice so far. Once a few years ago, for a Technical Writers’ conference, wherein cousin Jinny (Virginia) met me for a lovely meal and visit, and once in September of last year as I met with Pulskamp cousins to kick start the plans for the World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps. Both visits were wonderful and I look forward to my visit this August for the Gathering.
This book is a real fun read. Dick Perry covers the history of Cincinnati and it’s neighborhoods with humor and a flip style. He makes the people and events real and interesting for the reader. Since I don’t know the city well, I will admit that I skipped over some of his up-to-date descriptions (up-to-date in 1966, that is) but really enjoyed the history up to World War II.
If you would like to borrow the book to read yourself, let me know, or you can find another copy for a song on Amazon.
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