Army of Israel: Mormon Battalion Narratives

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2000. First Edition. 492pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by both editors on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 4 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. This new documentary study seeks to place the larger political and military role of the Mormon Battalion in the context of the history of the American West through the papers and accounts of the participants, supplemented with thorough explanatory text, notes, and references. Winner of the 2001 Mormon Historical Association's Steven F. Christensen Award for Best Documentary; Utah Military History Award from the Utah State Historical Society. Clark & Brunet 12.