Friday, January 6, 2012

History Book Reviewed

The Tacoma Weekly ran a review of the Ruston history book I authored this week. You can read it by clicking here...  Most of our local shops have copies and I still have a few available for sale (a shameless plug). Contact me if you'd like more details at kpickett22@yahoo.com.
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2 comments:

KBW said...

Ye, that's also a point of view, but I believe the thought and intent was to show what once was an acceptable manner of doing business and as stated, “once one of the county's largest employers”. To now being one of the most sought after places to live and raise a family, where we can still allow our children to play outside after dark. Yep there was a time when it was an area where most wanted to be away from, and now even in the toughest of economic times, property here is still some of the most valuable in that very same "county". A town that is still alive and growing. Having its financial challenged and surviving much better than our "Big Brother" cities surrounding us. We have survived even greater financial woes over the years and we are still here and from this point it will only get better. So yes, I guess we could have hoped Karen might have drug up all the hostility, now long past or we can enjoy knowing when and how it all began and what we have now become!

January 6, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Anonymous said...

I agree with the Tacoma Weekly reviewer who took issue with K. Pickett's ignoring a basic subject: the serious negative effects on the environment created by Asarco. This led to political and contamination problems for Ruston and for much of the South Puget Sound area. Although the book is lacking in serious research and is incomplete as a book on this town because of this major omission, the photos are great.

January 9, 2012 at 11:50 PM

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