THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Abstract

For those who research the social and political history of his time and place, this young and sensitive correspondent offers observations and opinions more independent than those usually encountered in the journals of men in the military. These include some caustic evaluations of some of his superior officers. Researchers will also be glad that the book is replete with maps and contemporary illustrations, is meticulously indexed, and carries a comprehensive bibliography. Perhaps, intrigued by the mysteiy of the identity of the soldiercorrespondent, the editor may have given a bit too much space to his effort to run down the specific identity of the author who must remain, in the final analysis, "Utah."