“Of Moths and Miners,” the first book published by the late Gary Kimball, is back with the way it was originally written and in a limited-edition format.Earlier this year, Gary’s son, James Kimball, decided to reprint the 15-chapter book, which the Park City historian and commentator published in 2006.“It was important for me to do this because it’s also good to know our narrative and our past,” James said. “It has my dad’s words, photos and his sketches and drawings. The only different thing is the updated cover that is done by Harley Campos.”Campos designed the cover for “Look Beyond the Sleeping Dogs: Portraits of a Vibrant Community in Park City’s ‘Ghost Town’ Era,” a 2023 book that looks at Park City through the eyes of Gary Kimball when he was a boy, according to James.“Harley has been collaborating with me on a lot,” he said.“Of Moths and Miners” was published by Tramway Press, which Gary Kimball established in the 1990s as Tramway Books.“When my dad passed away and I took over, I changed the name, and I have all of his books available there,” he said. Those books include:“Life Under China Bridge: Other Stories of Minorities in Park City” “Saloons of Old Park City” “Death and Dying in Old Park City”“In the near future I would like to get all of these books available as Kindle books and audio books as well,” James said. “Right now, ‘Saloons of Old Park City’ and ‘Life Under China Bridge’ are already available as Kindle releases.”The website also includes other merchandise such as hoodies, T-shirts and stickers, printed by Motherlode Park City, and a collection of James’ original music videos.“We have new stuff in the works that I’m hoping to get done soon,” he said. “One of those projects is a book of flyers from all the bands that have played in Park City.”James had been thinking about reprinting “Of Moths and Flames” for a few years.“But since we would use some of these stories in ‘Look Beyond Sleeping Dogs,’ we decided to back off,” he said. “A lot of these stories were created before the boom of the ski industry. So it’s kind of about the decline of the mining industry and gives historical facts pertaining to Park City.”Gary Kimball, who passed away in 2018, was not just one of Park City’s historians, but a member of the town’s founding families.He first arrived in Park City after World War II and watched the once-thriving mining industry slow down and close, and James wanted to preserve those tales and his father’s voice.“I think having this book documented exactly how my dad wrote it is important, especially now when talk about what’s happening with Park City’s development is in the headlines,” he said. “It’s important to know where a lot of the spots in Park City stemmed from.”Like many of the stories in his dad’s other books, James would hear these stories while he was growing up.Two of James’ favorite chapters in the book are “A Walk Up Main Street” and “Big Mountain.“‘Walk up Main Street’ is about old addresses (and) what the businesses were back in the day, and what they currently are now,” he said. “It’s kind of an interesting perspective.”The “Big Mountain” chapter starts with a blind date and a near kidnapping, assault and possible murder, James said.“It was an interesting time back then, so I wanted to make sure these stories were preserved the way he wrote them,” he said. “This was the way he meant for this book to be.”The reprint of “Of Moths and Miners” is currently available at the Park City Museum, 528 Main St.; Dolly’s Bookstore, 510 Main St.; and Prospect By The Stockist, 509 Main St., James said.“They’ve always been great supporters of Tramway Press,” he said. “I’m very fortunate to be lined up with them.”For information about Gary Kimball’s “Of Moths and Miners” reprint and other books, visit tramwaypress.com.The post Gary Kimball’s words get back to their original form appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less