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Ralph Stone's historical, autobiographical tale of a group of rag-tag boys who roamed the streets of Monessen during the World War II era has just been published by West Bow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Publishing.

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Book Cover

Stone's story, Diary of a First Street Rambler, first appeared in an April, 2006 edition of the Valley Independent as a weekly column. The Rambler stories ran for nearly three years and became one of the paper's most popular columns. Now, those same stories have reappeared in a long-awaited and most-anticipated book. Readers will personally get to know the author and his friends, "Heads" Pinasko, "Half-Pint" Hayes, Jonesy, "Jay Boy" Husher and "Vo" Vlasic as the years drift back to that very special era of growing up in the 1940s.

Books may be purchased at most area bookstores, at the Monessen Heritage Museum on Donner Ave. in Monessen, by calling Pricedale Union Church at 724-929-9588, or by contacting Stone himself at 724-483-2132. You can also email at pricedalelunionchurch@comcast.net for ordering.

Several readings by the author with personal guest appearances by some of the book's main characters will be coming up in the near future. Watch for further details relating to those events.

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