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Books Not Used
These are books that I have reviewed, but not found useful for this project. If you think I've overlooked something, please click here.
ID | Author | Title | Publisher | Location | Year | Library | Reviewed | Notes |
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barnes-1905 | Barnes, Albert H. | From Tacoma to Paradise Park | Self-published | Tacoma, WA | ca. 1905 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/19/2004 | Mt Rainier photo book, nothing noteworthy |
barnes-1909 | Barnes, Albert H. | Sights and Scenes from Tacoma to Paradise Park | Self-published | Tacoma, WA | 1909 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/19/2004 | Mt Rainier photo book, nothing noteworthy |
barnes-1911 | Barnes, Albert H. | Our Greatest Mountain and Alpine Regions of Wonder | Self-published | Tacoma, WA | ca. 1911 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/19/2004 | Mt Rainier photo book, nothing noteworthy |
barnes-1921 | Barnes, Albert H. | Our Greatest Mountain and Alpine Wonders | Self-published | Tacoma, WA | 1921 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/19/2004 | Mt Rainier photo book, nothing noteworthy |
case-1945 | Case, Robert O. and Victoria | Last Mountains: The Story of the Cascades | Doubleday, Doran & Co. | Garden City, NY | 1945 | LDS | LDS, 12/6/2002 | Nothing noteworthy |
casewit-1972 | Casewit, Curtis W. | Mountain Troopers! | Thomas Y. Crowell Company | New York, NY | 1972 | TPL | LDS, 6/7/2001 | Skimmed. Little on formation or training of the 10th Mountain Division. Narrative starts at Kiska. |
dow-1963 | Dow, Edson | Passes to the North: History of Wenatchee Mountains | Self-published | Wenatchee, WA | 1963 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/15/2004 | Nothing noteworthy |
flood-2014 | Flood, Chuck | Images of America: Sunset Highway | Arcadia Publishing | Charleston, SC | 2014 | LDS | 4/19/2019 | Of little interest for this project |
gossett-1979 | Gossett, Gretta Petersen | Beyond the Bend: A History of the Nile Valley in Washington State | Ye Galleon Press | Fairfield, WA | 1979 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 12/2/2004 | Rambling folklore. Info on Hesseys and skiing in chapter 12 is vague with some errors. |
hennig-1981 | Hennig, Andy | My Friend the Ski Pro | Carlton Press | New York, NY | 1981 | TCL-SV | LDS, 9/26/2001 | Schwartz: "Story of a skiing life that follows from the development of the sport to racing in Europe." (A novel.) |
higman-1949 | Higman, Harry W. and Earl J. Larrison | Pilchuck: The Life of a Mountain | Superior | Seattle, WA | 1949 | EvtPL | LDS, 7/18/2001 | Skimmed, nothing relevant. |
hult-1954 | Hult, Ruby El | The Untamed Olympics | Binfords & Mort | Portland, OR | 1954 | KRL | LDS, 8/6/2001 | Skimmed, nothing relevant. |
jchs-2010 | Jefferson County Historical Society | Images of America: Olympic Mountains | Arcadia Publishing | Charleston, SC | 2010 | LDS | LDS, 4/29/2019 | Of little interest for this project |
lang-2000 | Lang, Otto | Around the World in 90 Years | Elton-Wolf Publishing | Seattle, WA | 2000 | unknown | LDS, 3/13/2001 | Skimmed at book store. A photo book, see A Bird of Passage. |
lind-1997 | Lind, David and Scott P. Sanders | The Physics of Skiing: Skiing at the Triple Point | American Institute of Physics | Woodbury, NY | 1997 | Borrowed from Marina Skumanich | LDS, 9/30/2001 | Lind climbed in the Cascades in the 1940s and skied with Dwight Watson, but this book is not relevant. |
majors-1974 | Majors, Harry M. | North Cascade Archival Resources in Washington State Repositories | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 1974 | UWSpecColl | LDS, 10/15/2004 | "A preliminary bibliography of unpublished sources documenting the history of the North Cascades." Skimmed, nothing I want to pursue for this project. |
martinson-1994 | Martinson, Arther D. | Wilderness Above the Sound | Roberts Rinehart | Niwot, CO | 1994 | KRL | LDS, 8/6/2001 | Skimmed. Contains a few Asahel Curtis photos of early skiers from WSHS. Other skiing information is available elsewhere. |
mcdougall-1976 | McDougall, Randy J. | Snow Tours in Western Washington, 1976 | Signpost Publications | Lynnwood, WA | 1976 | LDS | LDS, 4/15/2018 | Guidebook for snowshoeing and XC skiing. Largely roads and mellow terrain. |
mcnulty-1998 | McNulty, Tim | Washington's Mt Rainier National Park, A Centenial Celebration | The Mountaineers | Seattle, WA | 1998 | SPL | LDS, 12/3/2001 | Fine photos, but historical material is available elsewhere. |
moser-1962 | Moser, Don | The Peninsula: A Story of Olympic Country | Sierra Club | San Francisco, CA | 1962 | SPL | LDS, 10/2/2001 | Skimmed, nothing relevant. |
orlob-1963 | Orlob, Helen | Mountain Rescues | Thomas Nelson & Sons | New York, NY | 1963 | LDS, borrowed from Matie Daiber, made copy. Also available at SPL. | LDS, 11/25/2002 | Nothing relevant to ski mountaineering that isn't available in other sources. |
peattie-1946 | Peattie, Roderick, ed. | The Pacific Coast Ranges | Vanguard Press | New York, NY | 1946 | LDS | LDS, 12/6/2002 | Nothing noteworthy |
post-1971 | Post, Austin and Edward R. LaChapelle | Glacier Ice | University of Washington Press | Seattle, WA | 1971 | LDS | LDS, 1/26/2010 | Photos of Mt Olympus glaciers in summer, but none during the winter of the 1957-58 IGY project. |
pote-1982 | Pote, Winston | Mountain Troops | Down East Books | Camden, ME | 1982 | Kathleen Long collection | LDS, 8/11/2001 | Skimmed. Mostly a photo book about Camp Hale. Didn't find much of interest. |
sceva-1975 | Sceva, Paul H. | Recollections by the Old Man of the Mountain | Self-published | Tacoma, WA | 1975 | TPL | LDS, 8/16/2001 | Author was general manager of Rainier National Park Company. Skimmed. Didn't find much of interest. |
schmoe-1999 | Schmoe, Floyd W. | A Year In Paradise | The Mountaineers | Seattle, WA | 1999 | LDS | LDS, 12/29/2002 | Mentions skiing on pp. 48, 60. Otherwise, nothing noteworthy. |
spring-1951 | Spring, Bob and Ira | High Adventure | Superior | Seattle, WA | 1951 | LDS | LDS, 4/17/2001 | Classic photos, but no ski mountaineering info. |
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