Chery Kinnick's "Snoqualmie Pass" Reviewed
Our own Writer-Friend Chery Kinnick and her recently published book, "Snoqualmie Pass," are the subject of a review by the local Valley View community newspaper. The article can be found here - "'Snoqualmie Pass' Tells it Like it Was", Valley View, February 18, 2008 edition.
Chery says she was rather surprised to get a phone call last week at work from the editor, Lisa Allen, who requested an interview. "Snoqualmie Pass" provides a glimpse of the overall history of the area, something Arcadia's Images of America series does quite well. Chery quotes her editor as saying, "Arcadia is the Starbucks of history publishers": quick, accessible, and tastes good, too!
Well Writer-Friend, we can all say "we knew you when!" Much continued success and another book in the future?
Read more about this article at Chery's blog Nordic Blue.
Submitted by: Linda-Rae Palmer
‘Snoqualmie Pass’ tells it like it was
by Lisa Allen
Valley View Editor
The book jacket shows a group of Seattle-area women lined up in anticipation of a day’s skiing at Snoqualmie Ski Bowl in 1939.
What better time than this, the winter of the Big Mountain Snow, to curl up with a book on the history of Snoqualmie Pass.
Long-time Alpental residents John and Chery Kinnick, who authored “Snoqualmie Pass” together, have mined the area’s rich and fascinating history, skillfully compiling old photos and text to create a pictorial timeline of this magnificent portion of our state.
“We had thought about doing the (book) project for a while,” said Chery Kinnick, 53, a supervisor for the University of Washington Libraries. “Our real goal was to highlight the winter recreation area and show that it is also a real neighborhood. A lot of people live up here; it’s like a small town, plus we have all the amenities of a larger city.”
But it wasn’t until she participated in a history writing seminar through Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry and met an editor with Arcadia Publishing that the couple were encouraged to move ahead.The Kinnicks began the task of rounding up the photos (there are 200 in the book) and gathering the accompanying information.
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Chery says she was rather surprised to get a phone call last week at work from the editor, Lisa Allen, who requested an interview. "Snoqualmie Pass" provides a glimpse of the overall history of the area, something Arcadia's Images of America series does quite well. Chery quotes her editor as saying, "Arcadia is the Starbucks of history publishers": quick, accessible, and tastes good, too!
Well Writer-Friend, we can all say "we knew you when!" Much continued success and another book in the future?
Read more about this article at Chery's blog Nordic Blue.
Submitted by: Linda-Rae Palmer
2 Comments:
Congrats, Chery! Terrific photo on the cover. Kudos on your achievement.
KW
Linda,
Thank you for posting this! I think Lisa did a fine job with the article, though there are a couple of small misquotes. As a result of the article, John and I got a call from the Chelan County Museum; it, too, will be carrying the book in their gift shop in future.
So far, the FirstSearch database (OCLC) shows 10 libraries holding our book. Seven are in WA State: Ellensburg, Everett, Seattle, Spokane, Orcas Island, Pierce County, and WA State libraries. It is also held by Baker and Taylor, and the Allen County Public Library in Indiana. I donated a copy to the University of Washington in October, but they have not yet processed it for Special Collections.
It's been sort of fun watching the progression of distribution...
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