The Jean Valjean of Raymond, Washington
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library Fans of Les Misérables might enjoy the following story, found at random from The Raymond Review, Sept. 3, 1913: VICTOR HUGO’S HERO REAL MAN J.B. SMITH EXEMPLIFIES JEAN VALJEAN Is Well Known in Pacific County. Returns Saturday as Harvey Giffin. “Victor Hugo’s hero of ‘Les Miserables,’ Jean Valjean, has been exemplified in real life and by a resident of Pacific County, who has during the…