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The Tacoma Historical Society
has republished the account of
early-day Tacoma that has been
the admired and standard
reference work since 1916.
Tacoma, Its History and Its Builders;
a Half Century of Activity
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Copies of the original are hard to find and expensive.
- You will receive three volumes of engaging history and detailed biography, plus a fourth volume, an expanded and improved index.
- The reprinting is on durable, high-quality paper with hard-cover binding. It includes all the original illustrations.
- The price for all four volumes is $250.00 for members of the Tacoma Historical Society in good standing. For non-members, the price is $275.00.
- For the index only, the price is $50.00 for members of the Tacoma Historical Society in good standing. For non-members, the price is $75.00.
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Who was this Herbert Hunt, whose
name has become a synonym for
Tacoma history?
"He had worked on newspapers in Indiana, Baltimore and other places before coming to Washington in 1905 as editor of The Everett Record. … That newspaper soon folded, and Hunt came here as city editor of The News. [He became editor in 1906.]
He was a scholar, a fast and tireless worker and was interested in nearly all lines of civic and cultural advancement. He died of cancer in [1918} at the early age of 48, but not before he had completed his History of Tacoma, a precise and invaluable record of events in the city from the beginning to 1916. "
Paul W. Harvey, Tacoma Headlines, 1962.
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What historians have to say about
Herbert Hunt's Tacoma, Its History and Its Builders; a Half Century of Activity:
"Herbert Hunt's adventurous story of Tacoma as it grew from a sawmill village to a world city is the finest narrative written so far. Hunt also gives a vivid account of the upper strata of Tacoma society."
- Gary Fuller Reese, noted Northwest historian and retired manager of Special Collections and the Northwest Room for Tacoma Public Library.
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"Anyone wanting to understand Tacoma today must start with Herbert Hunt's history. For almost a century historians have embraced his story of Tacoma's development and relied on his portrait of a city created through the endeavors of many individuals. Making this work available again to the public provides a new opportunity to enjoy Hunt's account of how this urban place came to be."
--Caroline Gallacci, Ph.D. Author, The City of Destiny and the South Sound,;
an Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County.
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