Recollections - Jack Rittenhouse
How it started: My father-in-law Jack authored the first popular road guide in 1946 to the brand-new Route 66 (Chicago to Santa Monica Pier). The University of New Mexico Press sells his book in tourist stores all along old Route 66.
Click button over there to access the UNM Press to buy Jack's first published book >>>>>>>>>>>
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From 1980 to 1989, Jack sent a yearly Christmas present of a hand-typed first-draft brain-dump chapter (or half-chapter) of his memoir. Decades after he died, I edited, arranged, and illustrated that material. Each chapter stands alone with its own table of contents. These mostly chronological memoirs start with a sectional that sets the stage for follow-on chapters.
These copyrighted chapters are for open readership but not for distribution or re-publication without permission. Unless specified otherwise, Copyright(c) Harry Briley Living Trust, custodian of the Rittenhouse Estate.
(You may download these chapters as personal treasures in case this website ever expires.)
These copyrighted chapters are for open readership but not for distribution or re-publication without permission. Unless specified otherwise, Copyright(c) Harry Briley Living Trust, custodian of the Rittenhouse Estate.
(You may download these chapters as personal treasures in case this website ever expires.)
EARLY LIFE:
Second Edition
Mid-West Twenties- 12/6/2020 Boy Scouts - 8/31/2016 College Years - 5/24/2014 Magician - 1/23/2014
Second Edition
Mid-West Twenties- 12/6/2020 Boy Scouts - 8/31/2016 College Years - 5/24/2014 Magician - 1/23/2014
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SETTLING DOWN: Third Edition Third Edition
Settling Route 66 Wander Year Calif State Guard Advertising Years Books and I Stagecoach Press
8/30/2022 11/9/2020 8/20/2016 12/21/2016 7/25/2021 9/1/2022
Settling Route 66 Wander Year Calif State Guard Advertising Years Books and I Stagecoach Press
8/30/2022 11/9/2020 8/20/2016 12/21/2016 7/25/2021 9/1/2022
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ALBUQUERQUE ROOTS:
Albuquerque UNM Press Historian London/Paris 1977 Antiquarian West is Wide Spain 1989
9/17/2022 9/18/2022 9/18/2022 11/29/2020 9/18/2022 12/23/2016 7/1/2021
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CLOSING SHOP:
Closing Shop 9/1/2022
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Chapter Revisions Pending:
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Sources and Photos
I fleshed out these chapters with external sources which observed an event better or defined an historical fact unknown to anyone born after 2000. Instead of referential footnotes, I placed these explanatory sources directly into the chapter where most pertinent as boxed offsets. I then shortened and edited that material set off in [braces] showing my overt changes or redaction while retaining the intent of each original source.
Revision dates for each chapter reflect fresh information, valuable ephemera, or letters found in his estate papers. Representative images and text are scanned, enhanced, and inserted into the appropriate chapter. I added modern photos from my June 2016 trip to Indiana to visit Jack's cities of his youth: Fort Wayne and Constantine. Interviews and correspondence within his several professional communities added insightful material across all chapters.
Rev.1/4/2024 - Copyright(c)2014-2024, Harry Briley Living Trust
I fleshed out these chapters with external sources which observed an event better or defined an historical fact unknown to anyone born after 2000. Instead of referential footnotes, I placed these explanatory sources directly into the chapter where most pertinent as boxed offsets. I then shortened and edited that material set off in [braces] showing my overt changes or redaction while retaining the intent of each original source.
Revision dates for each chapter reflect fresh information, valuable ephemera, or letters found in his estate papers. Representative images and text are scanned, enhanced, and inserted into the appropriate chapter. I added modern photos from my June 2016 trip to Indiana to visit Jack's cities of his youth: Fort Wayne and Constantine. Interviews and correspondence within his several professional communities added insightful material across all chapters.
Rev.1/4/2024 - Copyright(c)2014-2024, Harry Briley Living Trust