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Nilo Lopez's Key West Nicknames

I first heard of Nilo C. Lopez when the Key West Citizen ran his obituary a few years back. As I recall, it painted an alluring picture of a simple life in Key West, where Lopez was born and raised, and wherein his family raised dairy cows in a small field along Staples Avenue. The obituary also spoke of him as a well-loved story-teller and published author. Intrigued, I rode my bicycle past the site of what I guessed to be the Staples dairy farm on my way to Key West Island Books. Once I arrived at the Fleming Street bookstore, Marshall, its proprietor, uncovered the sole remaining copy of the book whose cover you see here, <em>Nilo Remembers Key West Nicknames</em>

Posted by Arlo Haskell on July 21, 2008 11:45 AM