Comments on: Rare Stevenson Journal Paints An Enchanting City of Saints http://www.musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/ Dragoons out west: 1833-1861 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Will Gorenfeld http://www.musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1698 Will Gorenfeld Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:44:39 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1698 I turned some of my Stevenson research over to the family's website. Have you seen it? If not I can send it to you. I'm intrigued by his brief reference to a trip he took to Nicaragua to see about participating in Walker's takeover. Do you have any knowledge of this incident? Stevenson obviously wrote this manuscript years after he left the military and it's hard to separate truth from confused memory and folklore. One think is for certain--he crossed the country and was stationed at Ft. Tejon, California 1854-56. My plan is to include some of his passages in a forthcoming book I'm writing for the University of New Mexico Press. At a later date, I shall attempt to have the whole manuscript published in a historical journal. Will I turned some of my Stevenson research over to the family’s website. Have you seen it? If not I can send it to you.

I’m intrigued by his brief reference to a trip he took to Nicaragua to see about participating in Walker’s takeover. Do you have any knowledge of this incident? Stevenson obviously wrote this manuscript years after he left the military and it’s hard to separate truth from confused memory and folklore. One think is for certain–he crossed the country and was stationed at Ft. Tejon, California 1854-56.

My plan is to include some of his passages in a forthcoming book I’m writing for the University of New Mexico Press. At a later date, I shall attempt to have the whole manuscript published in a historical journal.

Will

]]> By: Bill MacKinnon http://www.musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Bill MacKinnon Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:49:21 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1606 Will, Sounds like a great find. I look forward to your publication. If you hit a snag on NM, you might want to speak with Bob Clark of The Arthur H. Clark Co. I suspect that one of your challenges might be sorting out the inaccuracies and hyperbole that crept into Stevenson's reminiscences 25 years after the events. (I've already spotted a few.) For the part of the manuscript dealing with the Salt Lake City wintering-over, I suggest that you take a look at my article, "Sex, Subalterns, and Steptoe: Army Behavior, Mormon Rage, and Utah War Anxieties," "Utah Historical Quarterly" 76 (Summer 2008): 227-46. Will,
Sounds like a great find. I look forward to your publication. If you hit a snag on NM, you might want to speak with Bob Clark of The Arthur H. Clark Co. I suspect that one of your challenges might be sorting out the inaccuracies and hyperbole that crept into Stevenson’s reminiscences 25 years after the events. (I’ve already spotted a few.) For the part of the manuscript dealing with the Salt Lake City wintering-over, I suggest that you take a look at my article, “Sex, Subalterns, and Steptoe: Army Behavior, Mormon Rage, and Utah War Anxieties,” “Utah Historical Quarterly” 76 (Summer 2008): 227-46.

]]> By: Will Gorenfeld http://www.musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Will Gorenfeld Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:04:21 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1605 Bill It has never been published and I'm working with the University of New Mexico to annotate and publish it. Stevenson published a book of his Civil War experiences, Boots and Saddles, in 1878. Will Bill

It has never been published and I’m working with the University of New Mexico to annotate and publish it. Stevenson published a book of his Civil War experiences, Boots and Saddles, in 1878.

Will

]]> By: Bill MacKinnon http://www.musketoon.com/2010/07/19/stevenson-journal-salt-lake-city-1854/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Bill MacKinnon Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:31:58 +0000 http://musketoon.com/?p=468#comment-1604 I'd like to learn more about the Stevenson Journal. Was it ever published (1879?) or is this the first time it's appeared in print? I’d like to learn more about the Stevenson Journal. Was it ever published (1879?) or is this the first time it’s appeared in print?

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