Show Pioneer Spirit S irit Proclaimed I In Hole In Rock Book Boole In all the annals of ot the West replete with examples of ot courage cour cone age tenacity and ingenuity there is no better example of ot the indomitable pioneer spirit than that of ot the The In nook Hock expedition of ot the San Juan Mission So states Dr hr Miller In the preface of ot his new book Then he sets out to prove his point in a most Interesting but at the same time studious way The narrative reads almost like a novel As Dr Miller tells of the experiences of the now now-fam ous oua pioneering expedition to fo o Bluff the reader sometimes feels a lump in the throat at other times tunes real exultation After giving the background and reasons for the expedition the author relates the exploring which preceded the trek and tells teUs about the various stages of progress progress pro pro- gress gross on on the trek then only a score of ot miles mites short of ot the original original or or- goal goal of Montezuma those I hardy pioneers were Just too tired tired tir tir- tir ed cd to go any farther and they settled the town of ot Bluff But Dr book is 11 a true scholarly work in addition to being be ing a narrative Each chapter Is I complete with numerous footnotes footnotes foot toot notes of ot explanation There also atlo ore are nearly pages of ot the book devoted to appendixes excerpts from histories and autobiographies les ies listing of ot personnel of ot the expedition etc ete Several graphic photographs about two two thirds of ot which are arc new taken by Dr Miller add value to the volume The Tho book is the result of ot six years of Intensive e study by theauthor the tho author Dr Miller is professor of ot history history hist hist- or ory at the University of Utah A native of ot Syracuse Utah he hI was graduated from Weber JunIor Junior Jun Jun- lor college In Ogden Brigham Young university Provo and received re- re received received re re- his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Crom the tM University of Southern California Los Ange Ange- I les Upon obtaining his doctorate doctor ate in 1947 he Joined the Uni Uni- University University of Utah faculty and ns been full Cull professor since 1956 |