Utah: A Guide to the State
New York: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. 595pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Good only/Very good. Jacket chipped at head with small losses to the rear panel. Rear flap detached but present. Item #10746
This was Morgan's first full-scale book. Though others contributed to the work Morgan did such significant editing and rewriting before publication that much of the work is defacto his own. It had the well deserved reputation of being one of the best volumes in the Series. The quality of the work assumes added significance when it is noted that the book was completed and published before Morgan's twenty-seventh birthday without the benefit of academic training in historical methodology. Saunders 13. Scharf/Schoyer 598. Powell 1500. Herd 56. Six Guns 48.
Dale L. Morgan (1914 – 1971), was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur trade, and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose.
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