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| Sam as a toddler, circa 1916 |
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Blogs being what they are, this is the last post I'm writing here but will serve as an introduction to this site.
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| Sam as an elder, circa 2004 |
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| Sam and Jean Hanson |
My dad, Sam Hanson, was a journalist for most of his life. He saved much of his writing in scrapbooks and boxes. He also wrote a few essays for a book of memoirs. His third and best wife, Jean Hanson, worked with me to put together these essays and publish them in the book,
Off The Beat: Memoirs of a Mid-Twentieth Century Reporter in Idaho and California, available at
Lulu self publishing. Sadly, this memoir has nothing in it about Jean, her family, or the last act of his life in Pocatello, Idaho, where he returned after his retirement and 1977 divorce from Barbara Ferney Hanson.
This blogsite is an "internet-eternal" memorial to Sam Hanson. It contains links to many scanned articles and editorials, most of which were uploaded as they were scanned:
sideways. (Should be easy enough to tip your tablet or laptop. Those readers with desktops may need to download.) Some of his other papers may be found in special collections at the
Eli M. Oboler Library at Idaho State University.
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| Sam as painter |
