Mysteries of A Quiet Life: A Memoir DEDICATION To my grandfather, Francis Ralph Rambo 1894-1990 Artist. Writer. Historian. Master storyteller. For over fifty years he was the principal graphic artist and Art Director for Muirson Label Company in San Jose, California. After retiring, he wrote and published eleven hand-lettered and illustrated books—history, short memoirs—as well as maps about the Santa Clara Valley. At age 96, he took The Writer’s hand and said, “I want to lea

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