Short Stories and Poems

About the Book

The poems were penned in the 1930s and 1940s, with some jotted on scraps of yellowed paper. Each provides insight into the man who was a son, a husband, father and grandfather, and most of all, a man who felt his happiness and sadness very deeply. And not to be forgotten is his service in World War I in France; he would never speak of that time in his life.

About the Author

LESTER FULFORD KRAMER (1895 – 1973) Born in Idaho. His father and brother were killed in an avalanche. His mother remarried, and Les was adopted by stepfather, Alvin Kramer, sheriff of San Juan County, Colorado. He grew up in the mining town of Silverton, high in the Colorado Rockies and served in World War I. He married and settled down in Enumclaw, Washington where he was Personnel and Safety Manager for White River Lumber Company, a branch of Weyerhauser Timber Co. (80 words)