William "Bill" Gulick is an American author and historian living near Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...

. Gulick was born February 22, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 and named Grover C. (only) Gulick. Gulick went to elementary school in Hutchinson, Kanas and then attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...

 from which he graduated in 1934. The following September, he attended the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

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Gulick has 20 novels published with three made into movies.

The novel 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 Post

Books

• 1952 - Bend of the Snake, novel
• 1965 - Hallelujah Trail, novel
• 1971 - Snake River Country, non-fiction
• 1981 - Chief Joseph Country: Land of the Nez Perce, 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 novel Hallelujah Trail, aka John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail
• Hotel de Paree
  Hotel de Paree
  Hotel de Paree is a Western television series that aired on the CBS Friday schedule from October 2, 1959, until June 3, 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of Liggett & Myers and Kellogg's....
  
  , 1 episode, 1960
• Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader, 1960 TV episode
• The Road to Denver, 1955 Saturday Evening Post story
• Bend of the River
  Bend of the River
  Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their second collaboration. The film is based on the novel Bend of the Snake by Bill Gulick.-Plot:...
  
  , 1952 novel Bend of the Snake