San Bernardino : the rise and fall of a California community /

A descendant of one of the founders of the California colony, Lyman takes a scholarly look at the early history of San Bernardino and shows how an influx of Mormons helped to create a land of plenty in the midst of desolation. Before the first contingent of Mormons arrived in the early 1850s, Brigham Young envisioned the largest Latter-Day Saint's settlement outside of Salt Lake City. What happened to that dream and what caused the Utah Mormons eventually to disown their California brethren forms the basis for Lyman's study. His book will definitely be of value to California libraries and to those featuring materials on the Mormon religion, but its dry and laborious text will appeal only to scholars.‘Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Cal. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.