Washington history

  • Future Books about Seattle’s Past (and Present)

    ~posted by Frank From history and science to food and music, there are a bounty of books about our fair city and environs being published over the next few months. Here are a dozen of the most noteworthy titles. Classical Seattle: Maestros, Impresarios, Virtuosi, and Other Music Makers. Profiles of 35 musicians and arts leaders who have made Seattle a world-class city… Continue reading

  • Wonderful Old Guidebooks

    Who would take along a 1930s guidebook on a cross-country road trip across the United States? John Steinbeck, for one! Steinbeck makes reference to a set of depression-era guidebooks in his well-known travelogue Travels with Charley: In Search of America, which is about his 1960 road trip around the U.S. with his French standard poodle… Continue reading

  • Washington nonfiction: Hauntings, history, dirty money and cheeseburgers

    It’s all about Washington in these choice nonfiction titles: Washington’s Haunted Hotspots by Linda Moffitt (133.10979 M724W 2009) Spirit sightings at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, the Bush Hotel in Index and the Pickering Barn in Issaquah? Find the stories behind these and other local spooky encounters right here. Sonic Boom: The History of Northwest… Continue reading