Download or read book Growing Up in Rat City and Beyond written by Alexander G. Sasonoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-09-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Up in Rat City and Beyond is the autobiography of noted White Center, Washington resident Alexander Sasonoff. The 230 page tome, illustrated by the author himself, chronicles his years growing up in the often rough and tumble suburb of Seattle. Chapters include descriptions of the post depression, pre-war years of the blue collar town and it's colorful residents, including stories about the skipper of the purse seiner 'Loyal' Vic Carlsen, prizefighters Harry 'Kid' Matthews and Al Hostak and all the boozing, brawling regulars that inhabited the town with the rodent moniker.