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steamers; the settlements a n d landings; the mines, smelters, a n d forts between Port Isabella, Sonora, 157 miles below Fort Y u m a , a n d Rioville, 440 miles above it. T h e book will be well received by C o l o r a d o River scholars a n d history buffs. T h e book contains excellent maps, charts a n d tables, a n d a superb collection of p h o t o g r a p h s of people a n d the steamers on the river. I t is unfortunate that credit for the photographs is so
general that the reader cannot determine where they came from. I t seems also that the contributions a n d surveys of the Army Corps of Engineers, to determine the possibility of improving the river's navigability during t h e last q u a r t e r of the nineteenth century, could well have been noted as a p a r t of t h e steamboating story.
Sister Saints. Edited by V I C K Y B U R G E S S O L S O N . (Provo, U t . : Brigham Y o u n g University Press, 1978. X i v + 494 p p . Paper, $7.95.)
A Blend of the Two. By B E N M . R O E . (Salt Lake City: Friends of the U n i versity of U t a h Library, 1978. X v + 131 p p . $6.00.)
This collection contains essays on twenty-four women w h o m a d e import a n t contributions to early U t a h history. I n t r o d u c e d with a survey of M o r m o n history, the collection includes both the expected essays on the grandes dames of the L D S church, such as Eliza R. Snow, Susa Y o u n g Gates, a n d Emmeline B. Wells, as well as some interesting accounts of lesser-known female educators, politicians, doctors, a n d writers. T h e authors of the essays, mostly M o r m o n w o m e n like their subjects, focus on the forces surrounding t h e women, their impact on U t a h , a n d their feelings on polygamy, Mormonism, a n d w o m a n hood. T h e essays, only a few of which have been published previously, as well as the accompanying biographical notes on the authors, will be useful to those interested in the strengths a n d impact of U t a h women.
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SMITH
Society
An interesting perspective on U t a h history with its span of sixty-five years in the life of a n i m m i g r a n t Jewish merc h a n t in M o r m o n Zion. M r . Roe traces his life from childhood in a small Russian town, to immigration to the United States, through World W a r I, a n d the depression years. H e built a successful clothing business in twenty years, then retired to a busy life of community, social, a n d religious activities. T h e final chapter of the volume gives brief, perceptive descriptions of M r . Roe's friends —including well-known personalities. Country Miles:
Miles Are Longer than The Story of the Only
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Artcrafts.
City Truly
By CRAIG EVAN
ROYCE. (Pasadena, Calif.: Ward Ritchie Press, 1976. 125 p p . $12.50.) A series of essays on A p p a l a c h i a n artisans involved in crafting everything
