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Show UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY of communalism influence the distribution of food? While a study of Mormon foodways would benefit from pursuing such questions, Cheney's book is nevertheless a vast source of information. As he states in his preface, “Foodies will find plenty of recipes here; folklorists will find stories, audiences, and performances; academics will find notes with primary sources” (xiii). For almost every dish mentioned, Cheney provides instructions for making it in a twenty-first-century kitchen, even suggesting to “add a small pinch of dirt, sand, or ash to each serving to simulate trail conditions” (47). Hopefully, Cheney’s exhaustive and delightfully written study of Mormon pioneer foodways will lead to further studies of a topic that has much to offer the palate. MELISSA COY FERGUSON Utah State Historical Society He Rode with Butch and Sundance:The Story of Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan. By Mark T. Smokov. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2012. xvi + 440 pp. Cloth, $29.95.) MARK T. SMOKOV HAS CAPTURED the life of Harvey Logan— Kid Curry—a cunning outlaw of Wild Bunch fame, in this definitive biography. It is a well-researched contribution for Wild Bunch enthusiasts that provides clarity and addresses some of the much-debated missing links in the era of transformation of the Old West. Harvey Logan spent his formative years near Kansas City, Missouri, where he read about Jesse James. He and his brothers decided to go west to become cowboys and worked on several Montana ranches. They took on the Curry name, not from fellow Wild Bunch member Flat Nose George Currie, but because Harvey’s older brother, Hank, was trying to elude his wife. The Logan (or Curry) brothers then settled in and started their own ranch. Smokov describes well the events leading up to the Landusky-Curry feud, the incident that probably motivated the brothers to hit the outlaw trail. This feud resulted in the infamous gunfight between Pete Landusky and Kid Curry, during which the Kid shot and killed Landusky. A coroner’s inquest found that Harvey Curry had murdered Landusky; warrants were issued for the arrest of Harvey, as well as for his brother Lonnie and friend James Thornhill. Although Lonnie and Thornhill were eventually found not guilty, Kid Curry was never cleared of his charge. He fled to the Hole-inthe-Wall in Wyoming, where he became associated with Flat Nose George Currie and eventually the other outlaws now known as the Wild Bunch. Smokov follows Kid Curry’s life of crime through stories of the Curry 296 |
