Book Notices

Wounded Knee 1973: A Personal Account by Stanley David Lyman.

Edited by FLOYD A O'NEIL , JUNE K LYMAN, and SUSAN MCKAY (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991 xxxx + 180 pp $30.00.)

In 1973 Stanley Lyman, Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent of the Pine Ridge Reservation, faced the seizure and occupation by the American Indian Movement of the small community of Wounded Knee, South Dakota The militants chose this hamlet, the site of a wanton massacre of Sioux by the cavalry in 1890, to symbolize the need for a change in government/Indian relations.

Led by Dennis Banks, Russell Means, Clyde Bellecourt, and other activists noted for belligerence, the occupying force faced Dick Wilson, elected head of the Oglala tribal government, members of the Pine Ridge community, the BIA, FBI,Justice Department, and a conglomeration of law officers The radicals remained in their position for seventy days, resulting in the death of two men, the looting and destruction of private property, and the expenditure of thousands of dollars. It accomplished little.

Lyman's account of this "second" tragedy provides an insider's view of the multifaceted in-house fighting between government agencies and tribal factions as they face the enemy to their front. It is as much a study of the bureaucratic turf wars as it is the militants' left-handed approach to foster change. In a day of activist concern over the heated issues of society, this book is a timely reminder of the complexity of finding appropriate solutions.

Cheyenne Autumn.

By MARI SANDOZ Reprinted. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992 Cloth, $25.00; paper, $9.95.)

In 1878 a band of Northern Cheyenne under the leadership of Dull Knife and Little Wolf set out on a 1,500-mile odyssey that ranged over the western states from Oklahoma to Wyoming Approximately two-thirds of the 284 people who fled the disease and poverty of Indian Territory were women and children, but like the men they longed to return to their homeland and a more stable and independent way of life. Hounded by soldiers, settlers, and scouts, the group evaded capture for months until Dull Knife's people escaped their incarceration in a barracks only to be slaughtered in the January snows of Nebraska Eventually Little Wolf also surrendered but was allowed to remain in the north country as white attitudes mellowed from vindictiveness to sympathy.

This book is more than a study in heroics Told with the pathos for which Sandoz is famous, the Cheyennes' view fosters an empathy for Native American values while questioning the sanity of nineteenth-century Indian policy. CheyenneAutumn, in this reprint edition, is just as cogent now as when first published forty years ago. It is required reading for those interested in western history, Native American history, and the effects of government policy on its charges.

Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas.

By MARI SANDOZ. Reprint ed (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Paper, $11.95.)

The University of Nebraska Press is to be commended for keeping Mari Sandoz's classic in print for fifty years This anniversary edition contains an excellent introduction by Stephen B Oates who relates the conditions under which the author wrote the book, howit has been received, anditsplace in the literature concerning the Sioux. For readers who are not familiar with this text and areinterested in therise and fall of a tragic figure andhispeople during the Sioux Wars (1850-70s), this book ishighly recommended.

Medicine in the Beehive State, 1940-1990.

Edited by HENRY P PLENK (Salt Lake City: Utah Medical Association, LDS-Deseret Foundation, and University of Utah Medical School, 1991. xx+ 586 pp $35.00.)

The history of medicine in Utah during the past half-century is a subject broad in scope and of considerable importance in understanding the state's role in contemporary science and technology Medicine in the Beehive State focuses on the Utah medical community that comprises physicians (both clinical practitioners and teachers) in the University of Utah Medical School and associated hospitals, institutes, and laboratories.

The book includes an early (1942-52) history of the Medical School and forty-five chapters on various medical and surgical specialties and topics such aswomen physicians, artificial organs, and even the "Recollections of a Coal Camp Doctor" byJ. Eldon Dorman, ophthalmologist and former member of the Board of State History.

The City of Trembling Leaves.

By WALTER VAN TILBURG CLARK (1945; Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1991. xviii + 690 pp. Paper,

Clark's bignovel about coming of age in Reno, originally published by Random House in 1945, has been reprinted with a brief foreword by Robert Laxalt that recalls his friendship with Clark. Part of the novel's continuing appeal for readers is its strong evocation ofplace Reno—the city of trembling leaves—and its surroundings provide more than a setting for a story of adolescent aspirations; they are central to Clark's vision ofthe characters he has created.

The Life of Andrew Wood Cooley: A Story of Conviction.

By MYRTLE STEVENS HYDE an d EVERETT COOLEY (Provo, Ut.: Andrew Wood Cooley Family Association, 1991.xxvi + 287 pp )

Andrew Wood Cooley was a typical Mormon pioneer in many respects, and his life's story will have a familiar ring to anyone well read in nineteenth-century Utah family histories. The usual elements are there—conversion to the faith, polygamous marriages, church service, community building, and time in the penitentiary But there are unique elements too, and a history enthusiast need not be from the Cooley family tree to enjoy and learn from this fine biography.

Most of Andrew Cooley's Utah experience was spent in the Brighton area of the Salt Lake Valley, west of the Jordan River and south of Salt Lake City, but he spent time in Grantsville, Huntsville, and Batesville (present-day Erda) as well Primarily a farmer, he also taught school for a time, manufactured charcoal, and dabbled in merchandising and other ephemeral enterprises. He never achieved significant prosperity but was nevertheless recognized as something of a community leader and a solid family man.

Thoroughly researched and well written, this book could serve as a model for family association biographies. It is carefully footnoted, arranged into chapters ofjust the right length, indexed, and illustrated. It reflects an attractive economy of style, both in terms of content and layout, and is a handsome example of bookmaking. Davis Bitton's foreword is an exceptionally nice feature and will serve to further beckon the reader.

A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930: Indexes to A Mormon Bibliography and Ten Year Supplement Compiled

by CHAD J FLAKE and LARRY W DRAPER (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1992 xii + 208 pp. $25.00.)

This is another series of useful indexes to Flake's original bibliography, A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930. This index was compiled to provide access to the corpus of Mormon publications by title and to merge the two volumes of the bibliography (the original bibliography and the ten-year supplement) by providing a tool that will lead users to desired material in either volume In addition to merging the two volumes by creating an index by title, the authors also created indexes by year and language. The chronological index provides scholars with blocks of material to survey the publications of a specific decade or even shorter periods. It also gives a view of publication trends or fluctuations in publishing activity over the entire hundred-year period.