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Show 335 Book Reviews and Notices known to have painted, however. If the book has a major fault, it is in the last chapter. This reviewer would have liked to have found more substantive interpretation of Alden's paintings. Brief references to clumsy figures in some of the paintings and b u t passing mention of color, light, a n d perspective d o little but whet the appetite. T h e works of James Madison Alden, though primarily historic, deserve more than this. Adventures in the Apache Country: A Tour through Arizona and Sonora, 1864. By J. R o s s B R O W N E . Edited by Black DONALD M. POWELL. (Tucson: Uni- versity of Arizona Press, 1974. xv + 297 p p . Cloth, $9.50; paper, $4.25.) Arizona has reissued Browne's Southwest classic, first published in 1869. T h e new introduction a n d annotations place this firsthand account of southern Arizona in historical perspective. T h e reprint includes Browne's drawings. Badmen of the West. By ROBERT E L MAN. (Secaucus, N . J . : Ridge Press, Inc., 1974. 256 p p . $14.95.) While the reader m a y wince a t the dust jacket puffery that claims this book is the first "true history" of American outlaws, aficionados will find here a wealth of material on t h e badmen. Photographs a n d paintings a d o r n most every page, although in some instances they are not especially appropriate to the running text, i.e., pictures of the Klondike a p p e a r on several pages where the author is relating the saga of the Wild Bunch. A R L E Y G. C U R T Z Administrative Assistant Utah State Division of Fine Arts Bibliography. LIBRARY, By the MARRIOTT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. Bibliographic volume 2. (Salt Lake City: Marriott Library, University of U t a h , 1974. x + 825 p p . ) This compilation includes Black materials available at the University of U t a h libraries arranged under subject headings such as Biography, Folklore, Mormon. Church, Women, Government Documents, etc. T h e book will be indispensable to anyone engaged in Black studies. Chuck Wagon Cookin'. By STELLA H U G H E S . ( T u c s o n : University of Arizona Press, 1974. xiv + 170 p p . Paper, $4.95.) Rich in the history, lore, a n d techniques of chuck wagon cooking, this book also contains some amusing folk remedies a n d a n excellent sampling of recipes from famous ranches such as the Hashknife Outfit. Ezra Taft Benson and the Politics of Agriculture: The Eisenhower Years, 1953-1961. By EDWARD L, SCHAPS- |
