"The Gypsies Are Coming! The Gypsies Are Coming!" BY DAVID A. HALES
O N E OF OUR FAVORITE EVENING PASTIMES as
children growing up in the small farming community of Deseret, Utah, was to hear our parents tell about the Gypsies coming to town. Although the stories were always the same, with no new accounts, these incidents held a great deal of interest and intrigue for us and we enjoyed hearing them time and time again. A repeated request around our house was, "Tell us about the Gypsies." My childhood interest in Gypsies has continued over the years. In an effort to find out what has been written about the Gypsies and Mr. Hales is associate professor of library science at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Gypsies were frequent visitors to the Abe Roper home, Oak City, where they obtained fresh produce. Photographs courtesy of the author.
