Halo Over Hoboken: The Memories of John Perkins Field as told to John Leroy Bailey.
Entry/Object ID
2010.007.0003
Description
Halo Over Hoboken: The Memories of John Perkins Field as told to John Leroy Bailey. NY: Exposition Press, [1955.] First edition, signed. Small 8vo hardcover, dustjacket. 137 pp. No index.
Field worked for 37 years in the Hoboken Water Department as a clerk, chief clerk and bookkeeper. Accounts of his personal life include witness to three murders (including Overseer of the Poor Harry Barck), polio, rescue of four children from the Hudson River and that he had no identifiable fingerprints. He and Bailey also offer a retelling of Hoboken history as known and researched by them.
Note: Exposition Press was a "vanity press"; authors would pay them to publish their manuscript in book form.
8vo gray cloth
Acquisition
Accession
2010.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
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