OPEN THIS BOOK AND BEFORE LONG YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF ON A WOODEN SIDEWALK IN TOMBSTONE, IN ONE OF THE BARS ON PRESCOTT'S WHISKEY ROW, OR ON ONE OF JEROME'S WINDING STREETS. THE PAST COMES ALIVE, IN CLEAR FOCUS, IN DEE STRICKLAND JOHNSON'S SELECT POEMS ABOUT THE LIVES OF EARLY ARIZONA WOMEN.