Bill Gulick

Author of Roadside History of Oregon

About the Author

Bill Gulick, Bill Gulick was born in 1916 in Missouri. He does not consider what he writes to be westerns, but merely stories set in the West. He has written such books as, "Bend of the Snake" and "Liveliest Town in the West."

Series

Saga of Tall Bird and John Crane

Works by Bill Gulick

Popular Recent

Roadside History of Oregon (1991) 77 copies

Traveler's History of Washington: A Roadside Historical Guide (1996) 34 copies

The Hallelujah Trail [1965 film] (1965) — Original book — 33 copies, 2 reviews

Snake River Country (1971) 22 copies

Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest (2000) 20 copies

Chief Joseph country : land of the Nez Perce (1981) 20 copies

Northwest Destiny: Distant Trails (Northwest Destiny, Vol 1) (1992) 12 copies, 1 review

The Hallelujah Trail (1963) — Author — 11 copies

Gathering Storm (Northwest Destiny, Vol. 2) (1992) 10 copies

They Came to a Valley (1966) 8 copies, 1 review

Lost Wallowa (Saga of Tall Bird and John Crane, Book 3) (1988) 7 copies

Steamboats on Northwest Rivers (2004) 6 copies

Manhunt: The Pursuit of Harry Tracy (1999) 5 copies

The moon-eyed Appaloosa (1962) 5 copies

Distant Trails, 1805-1836 (1988) 4 copies

Roll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1) (1997) 4 copies

Sixty-Four Years as a Writer (2006) 4 copies

A Drum Calls West (1951) 4 copies

The Land Beyond (1964) 3 copies

The Country Club Caper 3 copies

Through the Cascades (1997) 2 copies

Showdown in the sun (Popular giant) (1958) 2 copies

Gathering Storm, 1837-1868 (Saga of Tall Bird and John Crane, Book 2) (1988) 2 copies

Into the desert ; A historical Novel (1998) 2 copies

Liveliest Town in the West (2007) 2 copies

Bend of the Snake (2001) 2 copies

White men, red men, and mountain men 1 copy, 1 review

Abilene or Bust! 1 copy

The Greatest Inventor in the West by Bill Gulick from Books In Motion.com (2008) 1 copy

Trail Drive (1960) 1 copy

Northwest Destiny, River's End, Vol. Three [ Jove edition, March 1993 ] (the epic conclusion to the acclaimed American trilogy...) (1993) 1 copy

There's Hell on the Dodge Trail {short story} 1 copy

DESOLATION TRAIL, A Junior Trail Blazer Book (1946) 1 copy

The Land Beyond 1 copy

GATHERING STORM 1 copy

The shaming of Broken Horn, and other stories 1 copy

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Associated Works

A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Contributor — 125 copies

Bend of the River [1952 film] (1952) — Original book — 58 copies, 1 review

The Best of the American West II (1999) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review

The Golden Spurs: The Best of Western Short Fiction (Western Writers of America ) (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Western Hall of Fame Anthology (1997) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Horse Soldiers (1987) — Contributor — 4 copies

Best of the West: Classic Stories from the American Frontier, Volume 2 [Audiobook] (2003) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Gulick, Grover C. "Bill"
Birthdate: 1916-02-22
Gender: male
Awards and honors: Saddleman Award (1983)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Places of residence: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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6 reviews

librisissimo 2,401 reviews

The Hallelujah Trail (dvd) (c.2) by John Sturges

Elaborate comedy mix-ups in a faux-Western. Not PC in any way whatsoever.
Watched a long time ago and loved it. Re-watched with a son's teen-aged children, who walked out sporadically when the action slowed down; it seems a little sillier now, and is definitely much slower-paced than current films, but was still hilarious.

Mar 16, 2015 (Edited)1 other review

janehutchi 115 reviews

White men, red men, and mountain men by Bill Gulick

FROM THE JACKET: "Bill Gulick is obviously on the side of deviltry and disorder and his characters have a warmth and likability that you can't resist. He's given his own special twist to the ancient and disreputable American tradition of the tall tale and comes up with some of the freshest entertainment of the season..." FROM THE FOREWARD by the author: "If all the ornery reprobates of the Old West that deserved hanging had been hanged the population of the country this side of the show more Mississippi would be considerably smaller than it is today. It's lots more fun to write about ornery, contrary characters than it is about good ones. Upright people are sadly limited in the things they can do, but the ornery character can do anything that comes into his head. The stories in this collection have one thing in common: they're full of uninhibited characters whose antics I had fun describing..." show less

Sep 16, 2007

tjblue 71 reviews

Distant trails by Bill Gulick

This book is vol. 1 in a trilogy. A story about St.Louis, the frontier, the Nez Perce and several generations of one family during the Lewis and Clark era.

Aug 28, 2010

csmalibrary 25 reviews

THEY CAME TO A VALLEY by Bill Gulick