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A review by jhbandcats
Secret Seattle: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Offbeat and Overlooked History by Susanna Ryan
5.0
Susanna Ryan is a Seattle treasure. Her knowledge and humor - with a love of silly puns - are a treat to anyone who either knows Seattle or would like to. I was lucky enough to hear her speak about this, her second book after Seattle Walk Report, and she’s as charming in real life as on the page.
Her deceptively simple black and white line drawings are the backbone of the book - it’d be just as informative without them but nowhere near as much fun. She has done hours and hours (and hours) of research at the Seattle Times, the Seattle Public Library, and numerous websites of historical archives. The research combined with her sharp eye offers obscure and entertaining info on such items as coal chutes, utility covers, rocks, cottages, and cast iron clocks.
This book and its predecessor would make perfect gifts for the Seattlite who needs nothing new. I’m thinking ahead to people in *my* Christmas list….
Very highly recommended!
Her deceptively simple black and white line drawings are the backbone of the book - it’d be just as informative without them but nowhere near as much fun. She has done hours and hours (and hours) of research at the Seattle Times, the Seattle Public Library, and numerous websites of historical archives. The research combined with her sharp eye offers obscure and entertaining info on such items as coal chutes, utility covers, rocks, cottages, and cast iron clocks.
This book and its predecessor would make perfect gifts for the Seattlite who needs nothing new. I’m thinking ahead to people in *my* Christmas list….
Very highly recommended!