Explore a historical account of the American West with this volume detailing the journey of the Dragoons to Utah and experiences in Arizona and California during 1858-1859.
• Hardcover with dust jacket • Edited by Harold D. Langley • University of Utah Press publication • Includes illustrations and maps Univ of Utah Press Langley "To Utah with the Dragoons and Glimpses of Life in Arizona and Calif 1858-1859"...This volume contains twenty-five articles written by an anonymous dragoon who had been recruited to march west and fight in the so-called “Mormon War.” His articles were originally published in the Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin under the pen name “Utah,” and are especially detailed and well composed. Their author was a former newspaper reporter with wide-ranging interests. After a bullet shattered his hand, “Utah” was discharged from the army and made his way to California...Edited by Harold D. Langley. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1974...Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. Notes. 230 pages...Fine condition excepting light staining on dust cover(pictured)...Volume eleven of the University of Utah Publications in the American West.
