Drew and Jimmy OOP and beetles—vie on Rockman’s vibrant

and beetles—vie on Rockman’s vibrant canvasses with anteaters

68 four-color plates

almost thirty-five years after it was made

It was because we were such outcasts in high school and so unpopular

Drew and Jimmy OOP and beetles—vie on Rockman’s vibrantJohn Patrick Salisbury's first book is the result of five years of reflection on his family's past. Hailing originally from an isolated farming village in northern California, Salisbury was preceded by seven generations. Family relations still live there, and Salisbury relives his past vicariously in this book through the lives of his cousins, Drew and Jimmy. What results is a poignant and moving portrait of boyhood in rural America. twin palms