Bill Gulick, R. I. P.

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Grover C. “Bill” Gulick, a Walla Walla resident who became a nationally known western author, playwright and historian, died Friday. . . .  Gulick’s 1950 novel “Bend of the Snake” became the basis for the 1952 movie “Bend of the River,” starring James Stewart, Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy.

#A second story, “The Road to Denver,” was made into a 1955 western of the same name.

#A third novel, “The Hallelujah Train,” became the basis of the 1965 film “The Hallelujah Trail” starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick and Bill Hutton.

#Two other works, “Hotel de Paree” and “Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader,” were turned into television episodes.

Link via James  Reasoner.