In the late 1990s, William S. Hanable directed the Westport Maritime Museum, a former lifeboat station, and developed tours at nearby Grays Harbor Lighthouse. He now manages Northwest Heritage Consultants, specializing in maritime historic preservation projects. Some of Hanable's other maritime histories can be seen at historylink.org and at northwestheritage.com.
Title: New books with Seattle-area ties
Author: Michael Upchurch
Publisher: The Seattle Times
Date: 12/29/2008 New books, with Seattle-area ties, about nursing,
lighthouses and dogs and cats. Authors include Peter Jaret and
Karen Kasmauski; Indu Sundaresan; and William Emery and Scott
Squire. "Nurse: A World of Care" by Peter Jaret and Karen
Kasmauski; senior editor: Marla Salmon (Emory University, $29.95).
A writer-photographer team explores "the vital and often invisible
work of nurses throughout the globe." Senior editor Salmon is the
dean at the University of Washington School of Nursing. "In the
Convent of Little Flowers" by Indu Sundaresan (Atria, $22). A
short-story collection from the Seattle novelist ("The Feast of
Roses"). Sundaresan shifts gears from historical fiction to
contemporary tales set in India and the U.S. "Edges of Bounty:
Adventures in the Edible Valley" by William Emery and Scott Squire
(Heyday, $24.95). The "valley" in the subtitle is California's
Central Valley. But photographer Squire hails from West Seattle.
"Lighthouses and Lifesaving on Washington's Outer Coast" by William
S. Hanable and "Federal Way" by the Historical Society of Federal
Way (Arcadia, both $21.99). Two new photo-histories in the
ever-expanding series by Arcadia -- the first looking at wrecks,
rescues and lighthouses from Cape Flattery to Cape Disappointment;
the second tracing the evolution of Federal Way from a logging
settlement into a Seattle suburb. "The Ultimate Cat Lover: The Best
Experts' Advice for a Happy, Healthy Cat with Stories and Photos of
Fabulous Felines" and "The Ultimate Dog Lover: The Best Experts'
Advice for a Happy, Healthy Dog with Stories and Photos of
Incredible Canines" by Marty Becker with Gina Spadafori, Carol
Kline and Mikkel Becker (Health Communications Inc., both $14.95).
Handbooks to dog and cat care. Contributing author Becker is the
children's education coordinator for the Whitman County Humane
Society in Washington state. "Swiss Mist" by Randy Powell (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, $16.95). In his eighth young-adult novel, the
Seattle author traces the impact of divorce and a memorable teacher
on a boy as he grows from a fifth-grader to a high-school student.
"Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story" by Hena Khan,
illustrated by Julie Paschkis (Chronicle, $16.99). A picture book
for children ages 4-8 about Ramadan. Illustrator Paschkis lives in
Seattle.
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