Bill Gulick

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

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'.

Career Gulick had numerous short stories and 20 novels published, of which three have been made into movies. 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 fiction

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