Bill Gulick

Grover C. "Bill" Gulick (February 22, 1916 – October 25, 2013[1] ) was an American author and historian from Walla Walla, Washington.[2]

Early life

Gulick was born in Kansas City, Missouri. According to his autobiography, his grandmother wanted him to be named after his father, as Grover Cleveland Gulick, Jr.; but his mother resisted fiercely, and they eventually compromised with Grover C. (only) Gulick, "with my Mother saying I could choose my own middle name when I became old enough to do so." He later acquired the nickname 'Bill'.[3]

He graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. The following September, he attended the University of Oklahoma.[3]

Career

Gulick had numerous short stories and 20 novels published, of which three have been made into movies.[2] His book Snake River Country won the 1971 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award as Best Non-fiction Book.

Short stories
  • 1955 – The Road to Denver, short story published in the Saturday Evening Post[4]
  • April 4th, 1942 – The Saga of Mike Shannon, short story published in Liberty Magazine

Books
  • 1950 – Bend of the Snake, novel
  • 1952 – A Drum Calls West, novel
  • 1954 – A Thousand for the Cariboo, novel
  • 1958 – The Land Beyond, novel
  • 1958 – Showdown in the Sun, novel
  • 1961 - Shaming of Broken Horn, novel
  • 1962 – The Moon-Eyed Appaloosa, novel
  • 1963 – Hallelujah Trail, novel
  • 1966 – They Come to a Valley, novel
  • 1969 – Liveliest Town in the West, novel
  • 1971 – The Country Club Caper, novel
  • 1971 – Snake River Country, non-fiction
  • 1979 – Treasure in Hell's Canyon, novel
  • 1981 – Chief Joseph Country: Land of the Nez Percé, non-fiction
  • 1988 – Northwest Destiny: A Trilogy, Distant Trails 1805–1836; Gathering Storm 1837–1868; Lost Wallowa 1869–1879, novel
  • 1990 – Roadside History of Oregon, non-fiction
  • 1996 – A Traveler's History of Washington, non-fiction[5]
  • 1997 - Roll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1), historical fiction [6]

Filmography
  • Hallelujah Trail (1965), based on the novel Hallelujah Trail, aka 'John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail[4]
  • Hotel de Paree (1960), 1 episode: "Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader"[4]
  • The Road to Denver (1955), based on a Saturday Evening Post story[4]
  • Bend of the River (1952), based on the novel Bend of the Snake[4]
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References
  1. Porter, Andy (29 October 2013). "Noted western author Bill Gulick dies". Yakima Herald. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. Roadside History of Oregon, Gulick, Bill, 9780878422524, Mountain Press Publishing, 1991
  3. Gulick, Bill (2006). Sixty-Four Years as a Writer. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. ISBN 0-87004-453-2.
  4. William Gulick. Internet Movie Database. 2010-05-28. URL:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347738/. Accessed: 2010-05-28. (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5q3hHrKZJ)
  5. Gulick, Bill (1996). A Traveler's History of Washington. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. ISBN 0-87004-371-4.
  6. Roll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1), Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0870814257
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