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Legacy Project’s latest: profile on 7-term Auditor Bob Graham

Legacy Project’s latest: profile on 7-term Auditor Bob Graham

Bob Graham and his wife, Lloydine, hold up their wedding photo at their home earlier this spring. (Photo courtesy of Laura Mott)  The Legacy Project’s latest offering, a profile and oral history on former seven-term State Auditor Bob Graham, is now available on its web site. Graham died on April 16 at his Olympia home, four days after his 93rd birthday and just two weeks after his last interview with John C. Hughes, chief historian for The Legacy Project. During…

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Billy Frank Jr. biography now in paperback

Billy Frank Jr. biography now in paperback

The Legacy Project’s acclaimed biography of Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. is now available in paperback. The paperback version of “Where The Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr.” is being sold by the University of Washington Press. The paperback version costs $27.50. The new paperback book will eventually be available for purchase at the Secretary of State’s front desk in the Legislative Building or through the office’s Online Store. Frank is one the most famous…

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Hot off the press: New book on Governor John Spellman

Hot off the press: New book on Governor John Spellman

A new book about former Washington’s last Republican governor,  “John Spellman: Politics Never Broke His Heart,” is being launched by The Legacy Project  in the  Office of the Secretary of State. The author is Legacy Project’s chief historian, John C. Hughes, a former editor and publisher for the Aberdeen Daily World. He’s no stranger to storytelling; this is Hughes’ seventh book he has penned since accepting his position in 2008.  Among his other projects were biographies of U.S. Senator Slade…

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Civil rights heroine book launch is Tuesday

Civil rights heroine book launch is Tuesday

Bremerton civil rights heroine Lillian Walker is being honored at a book launch. The event is at the County Commissioners’ Chambers in the Kitsap County Administration Building, located at 619 Division St. in Port Orchard. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the program starts at 4:45 and ends at 6. The book is called “Lillian Walker, Washington Civil Rights Pioneer,” written by John C. Hughes. It costs $20. Copies will be available for sale at tomorrow’s event, including signed ones….

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Free and fun: E-biography of trailblazer Jennifer Dunn

Free and fun: E-biography of trailblazer Jennifer Dunn

The price is right – like, zero – and the storyline is darned interesting.  The oral-history folks at The Legacy Project have just e-published the ninth in a series about fascinating folks who have made a difference in Washington.  The late Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn is the subject of the latest biography. Family and friends of Dunn’s gathered in Bellevue Tuesday night for a sentimental ceremony rolling out the new e-publication.  Guests ranged from high school classmates and GOP officials she worked with…

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