Dear Mike & Carolynn, et al: John Sloniker always come up with some real gems - sources of information for us all. As I was reading through this material, I was thinking: Wouldn't it be great if a fine writer such as these mentioned below could be inspired somehow to find enough material of interest to write about Old Snohomish, its pioneers, Indians, and its colorful history in such a way that it would capture the minds of many people, not only of the area, but in such a way that it would be interesting reading to anyone interested in the old northwest and what these little towns were like and how they grew. Chuck Rice captured much of those times in his writings and he left us a Legacy of account of our early history. Carolynn and her family gathered tons of material during their research. I have seen samples of what Al Cooper has in his files on the Snohomish and neighboring Indians of this area. It just seems that all this material around us and now more concentrated than ever should be the bases for a book that would be very well planned and written and published for all to enjoy - one that any historian of NW History would love to have among their collection. I don't know what it would take to inspire such a competent writer to tackle this job but - though River Reflections by the Snoh. Hist. Society was an attempt, and there is in the mill one that is supposed to be out by 2K or before about Snohomish County as a sort of project history to supplement or "correct" the Whitfield History of Snohomish County into "current thinking", there is more out there re Snohomish! There are writers around as we can see from the List below - a writer that can write other than cold facts, or myths that have been handed down, but material which has been researched and can be written in a palatable form - one that really spurns the interest and flavor of the place and times, and bring out the life blood of the characters and their environment. This is a dream I have, but wouldn't it be great if a dream such as this were to come true! It could be done but it takes the right person with the right kind of verve for writing and the ability to blow life into it. The late Bob Humphreys, and his friend the late Loren Baker could do it as they were historians of Everett. Where is someone who would do Snohomish and make it live again? Writers like the ones listed below, for example. Thanks a meg to John Sloniker for the information he brought to our attention. Carroll, Snohomish. * * * 30 * * * On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:57:19 -0800 (PST) PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > #4 Writers & NW History [John Wm Sloniker ><johnwms@serv.net] >X-Message: #4 >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:30:58 -0800 (PST) >From: John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> >To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811041027170.14220-100000@itchy.serv.net> >Subject: Writers & NW History >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Sorry I forgot to pass this on while fresh. -- jws > >Small-press publisher tops Governor's Writers Award list > >http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/govs_090198.html > > by Donn Fry <dfry-new@seatimes.com> > Seattle Times book editor > > Posted at 06:13 a.m. PDT; Tuesday, September 1, 1998 > > An 86-year-old small-press publisher who has kept alive the history >of >the Pacific Northwest through more than 60 years and 600 books heads >the >list of winners of the 1998 Governor's Writers Awards. > > Glen C. Adams has managed to do that while battling multiple >sclerosis >for more than half a century - the last 16 years from a wheelchair. > > "Well, I feel pretty flattered," Adams said of winning the Nancy >Blankenship Pryor Award, a career-achievement honor for contributions >to >the literary culture of Washington state. "I knew Nancy Pryor, and she > >was sufficiently interested to stop by twice over the years and see >what >I was doing." > > A longtime librarian at the State Library in Olympia, Pryor was >founder and developer of of the Washington/Northwest Room and the >Washington authors' collection, and in 1966 she helped create the >Governor's Writers Awards. She died in 1991, and the career award was >named in her memory in 1992. > > Ten other Washington residents were named winners of the 32nd >annual >Governor's Writers Awards, which were announced today in Olympia by >the >co-sponsoring Washington State Library and the Washington Commission >for >the Humanities. Chosen from among the authors of more than 400 books >published by Washington state writers during 1997, the winning writers > >are: > > -- Peter Bacho of Seattle for "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories" > (University of Washington Press), a short-story collection >about > Seattle's Filipino immigrant community. > > -- Bruce Barcott, a writer and editor for Seattle Weekly, for his > book, "The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount > Rainier" (Sasquatch). > > -- Teresa Bateman of Tacoma for "The Ring of Truth: An Original > Irish Tale" (Holiday House). > > -- Linda Bierds, a poet who teaches at the University of >Washington, > for her collection, "The Profile Makers: Poems" (Henry Holt). > > -- Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996, an expert on Northwest Coast > Indian art from Ariel, Cowlitz County, for "Echoes of the >Elders: > The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska" (DK Ink). > > -- George B. Dyson of Bellingham for "Darwin Among the Machines: >The > Evolution of Global Intelligence" (Addison-Wesley). > > -- Edward J. Larson, a University of Georgia historian who also >lives > at Stanwood, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning study, "Summer for >the > Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over > Science and Religion" (Basic Books). > > -- Nancy Rawles, the Seattle author of the novel "Love Like Gumbo" > > (Fjord Press). > > -- Shelby Scates, a Seattle journalist, for his biographical >study, > "Warren G. Magnuson and the Making of the Twentieth Century" > (University of Washington Press). > > -- J. William T. Youngs, an Eastern Washington University >historian > and author of "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo '74: > Transforming an American Environment" (Eastern Washington > University Press). > > The awards will be presented Oct. 25 during the annual Northwest >Bookfest at Pier 48 on the Seattle waterfront. The noon ceremony will >feature readings and comments from most of the winners, though Adams >said >his infirmities will likely keep him home. > > Adams operates Ye Galleon Press in Fairfield, a Spokane County >community where he also farmed for a number of years. The press >publishes >a combination of reprints and original works that chronicle Pacific >Northwest history. Just yesterday, Adams was binding a new paperback >edition of "Fire Lookouts of the Northwest," a history of lookout >stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Ray Kresek, a >retired firefighter who lives in Spokane. > > Adams has been at it since 1937, when he founded the press while >still >a student at Eastern Washington University. He began by handsetting >type >and printing his books on an old letterpress machine. > > "That's for the birds now," he said. "We do everything almost >exclusively by offset press, after setting it by computer." > > Adams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 51 years ago, he said, >and >has never had a remission - "just a slow, steady, progressive >paralysis." >Though he began using the wheelchair in 1982, he still helps care for >his >wife, Jean, who has been an invalid for a number of years. > > "I'm still working five days a week and still getting out books," >he >said. "I'm into this up to my ears." > > The largest market for Ye Galleon Press books is university and >college libraries, Adams said, noting that in addition to the U.S. >Library of Congress, his books are included in the national libraries >of Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Vatican. > > "I think the standing order I'm most proud of," he added, "is Yale >University." The Ivy League school's library has a contract to receive > >every book that Adams publishes - which now total 676, though that >figure >includes separate hardcover and paperback editions of some titles. > > The veteran publisher is not without other honors. In 1990, he was >awarded an honorary doctorate by Spokane's Gonzaga University, and the > >previous year he was one of the original inductees into the Washington > >State Historical Society's Centennial Hall of Honor. > > Despite Ye Galleon Press' importance to historians, librarians and >universities, Adams admitted that his little company typically runs at > >a loss. > > "We've been in the black three times, but usually it's a sad >story," >he said. "But I love making books, and at my age, I might as well keep > >on doing it." > > E-mail Comments to Editor : Comments@seatimes.com > > The Seattle Times home page > http://www.seattletimes.com/ > > Seattle Times: Table of Content > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/ > > The Seattle Times: Search Archive > http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/search.html > > The Seattle Times: Browse by date > http://www.seattletimes.com/todaysnews/browse.html > > Permission requests and information > http://www/seatimes.com/general/info.html > > Copyright (c) 1998 The Seattle Times Company > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/general/copyright.html > >-------------------------------- >End of PSRoots-D Digest V98 Issue #359 >************************************** > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]