I wish this book had been around when I was getting married. My daughter has found this book the most valuable tool in planning the entire wedding......DON'T leave home without it. We would have paid twice as much.

This book has been a great tool in assitting me plan weddings as a new wedding planner. I also recommend this book to everyone I can. Every bride needs this book.

As a event planner this resource guide has helped me plan my events. The resource is very extensive and the quality of advertising vendors is extremely high. I think every event planner needs one of these.

If you are planning a wedding in Seattle this book is a great resource.

I have used Bravo's event resource guide for the past 4 years and find it to be the best resource for finding venues and vendors to work with. I always begin with this book.

Mr. Scott has portrayed the events surrounding the Wake of Tacoma with true intensity and enthusiasm enabling a person like myself, who does not understand the underlying engineering principles surrounding bridge building, to still appreciate the magnitude and essential drama that goes into such feats of construction. I would recommend this book highly to everyone who has driven accross a bridge and I would like to assume that this book would be found in a well read condition on the shelves of all architechure and engineering firms.

Joseph Thomas Heath describes in detail the areas in and around Lakewood/Steilacoom in Washington State and the good and bad as a poineering farmer/rancher in the South Sound. Through the eyes of a devout Englishman you will see the Steilacoom Indians, thier friends, and thier foes,the hassles and benefits of living near Fort Nisqually,and the heartbreaking approach and eventual possesion of the Americans from Oregon. This was a Lakewood/Steilacoom full of Prarie lands,woodlands,undeveloped lakeshores,creekbanks,and bubbling artisian wells.A place where wolves roamed and Eagles were "as thick as crows".

I originally came accross the hardbound version of this book at the Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room while doing research for a book I am writing on the old Cascade Paper Company.

Mr Morgan did a great job on this book. It is very well researched and contains a great deal of detail not only on the St Paul and Tacoma Lumber company, but on the lives and personalities of the men who started and ran the company.

The chapters follow a natural flow of history and are emensely enhanced with lots of old photographs of the company and the Tacoma area.

Whether you are doing research on Tacoma, the lumber industry or you just like reading about history, this is a northwest classic. I intend to order my own copy and will probably read it several times.

Great job, Mr. Morgan!

It's unlikely this book will be of much interest to anyone not living in the Tacoma area. Just the same, it is a colorful portrait of the city that used to be, the dreamers and scheamers who came so close to creating the west coast's hub city from scratch. The story of Tacoma's rapid rise to prominence, and its equally swift and steady decline is not only facinating, it delivers a valuable lesson on what still happens today when civic cheerleaders go blind with optimism.

This book is a must-read if you want to amuse and/or bore your fellow Tacomans with antecdotes on street names, unusual buildings, et cetera. Perfect fodder for Tacoma's burgeoning barstool-pundit culture.

The photgraphy by Ms. McIntyre makes this gift book stand out. I was impressed by its emphasis on the region, not just the downtown skyline. For a preview of the Seattle area, this is a good introduction.

Street Journal is written from the personal diary Father Smith kept while the Director of Nativity House, a daytime drop-in centre for the street people of Tacoma, Washington's skid row. In this inspiring book, he shares personal stories of the people who frequented the centre as well as the day-to-day experiences of staff at Nativity House. For some, like me, who may harbour romanticized notions of working with the poorest of the poor, this book is a real eye-opener. The centre is often frequented by those who are dirty, have lice, are junkies, alcoholics, prostitutes, pimps and ex-convicts or fugitives, some of whom can be mean and/or violent. The depth of love, compassion and empathy that Father Smith and his staff have for these people is felt throughout the book. This is also the story of Father Smith's spiritual growth during this time. He is remarkably candid in describing how his interaction with these people changed not only many of their lives but his as well. Read this book and discover what it means to have a true heart of charity.