by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 18, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, Guam, Ivan Doig, Iwo Jima, Jean Wakatsuki Houston, Richard White
This morning a friend texted to say that Alvin Josephy was on public radio at 6:15 this morning, and that I might catch him at the 8:00 hour. It was a two-minute segment on Morning Edition, commemorating—“bringing to life”—the WW II battle for Iwo Jima. I’m having a...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 5, 2015 | Alvin Josephy, Fishtrap, Ivan Doig, Pacific Northwest Booksellers, Richard White
The Daily News OnlineI think it was the fall of 1977 or the spring of 1978. We had opened the Bookloft in Enterprise in late 1976, and were going to our first “trade show.” It was in a Seattle hotel, and there were tables and tables of books—books recently published...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 21, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, Bill Kittredge, Craig Lesley, Ivan Doig, Red Clay, Something for the Birds
I finally got a copy of the movie, which was based in part on a story by Alvin Josephy, and stars Victor Mature as a Washington D.C. lobbyist and Patricia Neal as a bird lover on a mission to save California’s giant condors. The movie is nicely done—I particularly...
