Grover C. "Bill" Gulick (February 22, 1916 – October 25, 2013) was an American writer and historian from Walla Walla, Washington.Roadside History of Oregon, Gulick, Bill, 9780878422524, Mountain Press Publishing, 1991
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'.
He graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. The following September, he attended the University of Oklahoma.
Career Gulick had numerous short stories and 20 novels published, of which three have been made into movies. 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 PostWilliam Gulick. Internet Movie Database. 2010-05-28. URL:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347738/. Accessed: 2010-05-28. (Archived by WebCite at) April 4, 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 1997 - Roll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1), historical fictionRoll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1), Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0870814257
Filmography Hallelujah Trail (1965), based on the novel Hallelujah Trail, aka 'John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail Hotel de Paree (1960), 1 episode: "Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader" The Road to Denver (1955), based on a Saturday Evening Post story Bend of the River (1952), based on the novel Bend of the Snake
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