Richard Gooch, book signing at Salem Library

Many of us grew up with Richard Gooch.  He has since lost all of the weight of his youth, and has published two books of photos.  The first one was of barns around Missouri and Illinois, his second book "Things gone bye: Holy and Hallowed ground is a book of interesting tombstones from around the same area as the barns.  It is really fascinating to read about the different symbols on the stones as well as the history of the people buried there...it is very interesting in an historical aspect as well.  I ran into some old friends while there also, so it made the book signing even more interesting.  It was good to see "Gooch" as we used to call him back in the day.  Here are some pictures from Saturday morning.