Book Notices

Occupied America: The Chicano's Struggle Toward Liberation. By RUDOLFO ACUNA. (San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., Canfield Press, 1972. vi 4-282 pp. Paper, $3.95.)

This book by a Chicano historian at California State University at Northridge reviews the occupation of the American Southwest during the nineteenth century by the United States and the Chicano's struggle for liberation in the twentieth. Acuna views the Mexican-American War as an imperialistic conquest which was followed by the oppression of Mexicans in the United States. His thesis is that social domination and subjugation of the native population was a form of colonialism from which the Chicano has sought relief in recent years.

Designed for use as a text, but of broad general interest, Occupied America gives a Chicano view of Manifest Destiny and its impact on the people of California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. "As such," Acuna notes (p. 122), "it is filled with the feelings and beliefs—the emotions—of Chicanos. But it is a perspective that must be considered, for it is based on the reactions of Chicanos against continuing repression, against inequities, against second-class citizenship."

The Western Peace Officer: A Legacy of Law and Order. By FRANK RICH­ ARD PRASSEL. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. xiii 4-330 pp. $8.95.)

Prassel's observation that police work in the late nineteenth century W r est differed very little from the routine of modern agencies and his conclusion that "frontier lawmen did not bring; peace and order to the American West" (p. 253) challenge two of many popular legends about western lawmen.

This book cuts through the stereotype of the flamboyant, badge-wearing, gunwielding marshal to explain the work of real marshals, sheriffs, private detectives, Pinkcrton men, Texas rangers, and other peace officers.

The author was trained in law and is a professor of police science at Sacramento State College. A thorough search through reminiscences, court records, manuscript material, and numerous published accounts preceded the writing of this readable account of law and order in the West.

The Most of John Held Jr. Foreword by MARC CONNELLY. Introductionby CARL J. WEINHARDT. (Brattleboro, Vt.: The Stephen Green Press, 1972. 144 pp. $19.95.)

An outgrowth of the Smithsonian Institution's 1969 retrospective exhibit, this book brings together 117 of the Salt Lake-born artist's watercolors, pen and ink drawings, sculptures, and block prints—38 in full color. They epitomize an era in American art.

John Field, Jr., became nationally known for his Flapper and Joe College, and many of his works appeared in the New Yorker and other publications. He is undoubtedly one of the finest artists Utah has ever produced, and Carl J. Weinhardt does not hesitate to compare him with great caricaturists of other centuries.

The artist's brief accounts of his father's famous band at the Salt Palace and excursions into bawdy Commercial Street leave the reader hungering for a full-dress biography.

American Folk Legend: A Symposium. Edited by WAYLAND D. HAND. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1971. x + 237 pp. $7.50.)

Contains Jan Harold Brunvand, "Modern Legends of Mormondom; Or, Supernaturalism is Alive and Well in Salt Lake City," pp. 185- 202.

Biographical Sketch of James Bridger. By GRENVILLE DODGE. Reprint. (Cheyenne and Wheatland, Wyo.: Triple R Press, 1972. 27 pp. $1.50.) First published in 1905 and reprinted in Annals of Wyoming, October 1961.

A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations Concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism, and Utah. Compiled by BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, COL­LEGE OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Service, 1971. vii + 742 pp. $10.00.)

The Cattle Kings. By LEWIS ATHER- TON. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. xii 4-308 pp. Paperback, $2.25.) Reprint of the Indiana University Press edition of 1961.

The Cowman Says It Salty. By RAMON F. ADAMS. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1971. xvi 4-164 pp. $5.95.) A collection of cowboy sayings gathered in a lifetime of visiting bunkhouses and campfires, grouped into chapters on drinking, gunplay, rustling, range riding, oldtimers, etc.

The Denominators of the Fur Trade: An Anthology of Writings on the Material Culture of the Fur Trade. By ARTHUR WOODWARD. (Pasadena, Calif.: Socio-Technical Publication, 1970. xiv+73 pp. $10.00.) Illustrated report on trade goods, beads, wampum, silver, tomahawks, Green River knives, etc.

Documents of Southwestern History: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Arizona Historical Society. Compiled by CHARLES C. COLLEY. (Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1972. xxxii-l-234 pp. $20.00.)

Forts of the Upper Missouri. By ROB­ ERT G. ATHEARN. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. xii 4-339 pp. Paperback, $2.25.) Reprint of the 1967 Prentice-Hall edition in the American Fort Series.

Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims (1789-1837) with Other Aids to Research. Edited by PHILLIP W. MC- MALLIN. (Salt Lake City: Gendex Corporation, 1972. [vii]4-xxix4-489 pp. $27.95.)

Indian Battles and Campaigns in the West: Hostites and Horse Soldiers. Edited by LONNIE J. WHITE. (Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Publishing Company,, 1972. 220 pp. $8.95.)

Joe Hill. By JOHN R. MCDERMOTT. (New York City: Grosset and Dunlap, 1971. 211pp. Paperback, $.95.) Novel based on the movie Joe Hill.

Metal Uniform Insignia of the Frontier U.S. Army, 1846-1902. By SID­ NEY B. BRINCKERHOFF. (Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1972. iv4-39 pp. $2.50.) Second edition, revised. Museum Monograph no. 3.

Nevada Nomads: A Story of the Sheep Industry. By BYRD WALL SAWYER. (San Jose, Calif.: Harlan-Young Press, 1971. xvi 4-221 pp. $7.50.)

Newe Natekwinappeh: Shoshoni Stories and Dictionary. Compiled by WICK R. MILLER. University of Utah Anthropological Papers no. 94. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 1972. viii4-172 pp. $6.00.)

Plural Society in the Southwest. By EDWARD H SPICER and RAYMOND THOMPSON. (New York City; Interbook, Inc., 1972. 367 pp. $5.95) Contains an article by Thomas F. O'Dea, "The Mormons: Church and People," pp. 115-65.

Red Rock Country: The Geological History of the Colorado Plateau. By DONALD L. BAARS. (New York City: Natural History Press [Doubleday & Co.], 1972. 264 pp. $9.95.)

Saddles and Spurs: The Pony Express By RAYMOND W. SETTLE and MARY LUND SETTLE. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. x-f-217 pp. Paperback, $1.75.) Reprint of 1955 edition.

The St. Louis-San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad: The Thirtyfifth Parallel Project, 1853-1890. By H. CRAIG MINER. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1972. xii 4- 236 pp. $8.50.)

Sand in a Whirlwind: The Paiute War of 1806. By FEROL EGAN. (Garden City, NY.: Doubleday & Co., 1972. xviii 4-316 pp. $8.95.)

The Skyline Synod: Presbyterianism in Colorado and Utah. By ANDREW E. MURRAY. (Denver: Golden Press, 1971. 155 pp. Paperback, $2.95, Cloth, $5.95.) The Presbytery of Utah is treated in one chapter.

The Western Wilderness of North America. Photography by HERBERT W. GLEASON. Text by GEORGE CROS­ SETTE. (Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1972. 107 pp. $14.95.) Includes Gleason's early twentieth century nature photos of Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce national parks.

Yellowstone: A Century of the Wilderness Idea. By ANN SUTTON and MY­ RON SUTTON. (New York City: The Macmillan Co. and Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, 1972. 220 pp. $22.50.)