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allergenic pillow is from “The Governor Who Loves to be Loved,” Times. Booth’s encounter
with Jimi Hendrix is also told in Room Full of Mirrors, a biography of Jimi Hendrix.
Chapter Five: Al’s Helicopter
Interviews in 2009 with Al Rosellini, Jean Forstrom Gardner, Jim Griffin, Rosalie
Gittings and Adele Ferguson. “The Helicopter Story” is documented in the Chapter Two
source notes, but there are several variations. Booth’s B.A., M.B.A. and attendance at the
University of Washington Law School were confirmed with the registrars at the UW and
Harvard University. The University of Washington Tyee yearbooks, 1955-61, document
campus activities by Booth Gardner and Jean Forstrom Gardner. Gardner’s wealth was
estimated at some $38 million in 1984 when Jim McDermott and a supporter, Westport
lawyer James Duree, were challenging him to reveal his holdings. “Pry into Gardner’s
wealth called ‘dirty trick,’ ” TNT and AP, June 3, 1984, offers this: “According to the
Associated Press, a 1980 proxy report shows Gardner controlling 1.4 million shares of
Weyerhaeuser stock worth about $37 million today. Other 1980 reports showed Gardner
in control of more than 55,000 individual and family shares in Puget Sound National Bank,
worth about $1.2 million.” “But he said estimates that his fortune exceeds $50 million are
far too high…,” from “Even Gardner doesn’t know his complete financial worth,” TNT, July
11, 1984. Jean Gardner’s quote “He always felt uncomfortable…,” from “The Governor
Who Loves to be Loved,” Times.
Chapter Six: Orphaned
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner and Jean Gardner. Brick Gardner’s purchase
of Honolulu’s KHON is documented in the TNT of Feb. 28, 1954, “Ex-Tacoman Buys Radio
Station.” Brick Gardner’s demise is documented in Honolulu Police Department Report
M47249 from January 25, 1966, and “Hotel fall kills Kahala man, 60,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Jan. 25, 1966. Also see TNT “Son of Pioneer Tacoma Family Dies in Honolulu,” January 26,
1966. The story about Brick’s “snippety” little dog is from “All Night on the Ala Wai,” 1955,
by Ron Jacobs. http://www.whodaguyhawaii.com/rj55.htm
Chapter Seven: Senator Gardner
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner, Jean Gardner, Larry Faulk, and Cecile
Lindquist. Additional insight into Norton Clapp’s personality is from Washingtonians, a
Biographical portrait of the state, and HistoryLink.org Essay 7295, 2005. “I have innate
confidence in myself,” from “Booth Gardner, New Bright Light in State Senate,” Seattle
Argus, Feb. 5, 1971. “He said he resigned because of business demands on his time…,”
“He currently does not reside in the district…” and “despite rumors he might wish to run
for governor or other high office…” are from “Gardner quits legislature and MDC,” TNT,
Dec. 13, 1973. Katie Dolan’s remarkable life is detailed in We Lived in the Ghetto of Mental
Retardation. Also see “Katie Dolan, Mama Bear,” Times, Nov. 14, 2006. Gardner’s sale
of 105,240 shares of Weyerhaeuser stock is documented in U.S. Securities & Exchange
Commission records for 1976. “The state Public Disclosure Commission today agreed…,”
from “Gardner to open blind trust,” TNT, June 26, 1984.
Chapter Eight: On-the-job training
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner, Larry Faulk and Mary Faulk Riveland. Jean
Gardner confirmed she and Booth had had a “stormy relationship” in “The Governor Who
Loves to be Loved,” Times. “I walked into the door jamb…,” and “She and her friend, Connie
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