Nii UTAH INTERNATIONAL: A BIOGRAPHY OF A BUSINESS were most helpful in leading us through Utah’s extensive archival holdings. Bonnie Predney, Ed Littlefield’s executive secretary in recent years, always came through with requested information. Finally, A. M. (Bud) Wilson, president of Utah following Littlefield, assembled a group of senior executives to discuss their careers with Utah International, including their comments on the firm’s construction and mining projects over the years. We appreciate his courtesy in making this forum a vital source of facts and viewpoints. Nedra Bachman of Weber State University transcribed all of the notes prepared from the board minutes and all of the tapes made from many oral interviews, a tedious task for which our sincere appreciation is extended. Dorothy Bowman Hetzel loaned many newspaper accounts about the Utah Construction Company and, in particular, about W. H. Wattis. Patricia McNamara shared documents and letters, which have become an integral part of the history, as did her sister, Helen Jarman. The family members of Mattie Wattis Harris have been instrumental in providing articles and photographs concerning Edmund Orson Wattis. Edna Wattis Dumke, with Barbara Browning’s assistance, recounted a number of experiences from the days with her father, E. O. Wattis. Earl Corey, a grandson of Warren W. Corey, painted a vital and lively picture of the Corey family members from numerous diaries, newspaper accounts, and journals, for which he will not be forgotten. Many people have been most encouraging and informative concerning book publishing and book merchandising, including Dr. Susan Sessions Rugh of Brigham Young University and Sam Weller of Sam Weller Bookstores. To Lavina Fielding Anderson goes our appreciation for her many years of editorial devotion to the story: she really made a difference. The authors owe their deep appreciation to three exceptional scholars who joined the effort in its early stages by writing first drafts of three of the topical chapters. Dr. Rex J. Casillas, then of Penn State University—-Behrend College, produced a groundbreaking version of the Marcona/Peru chapter that brought that complicated story into immediate focus. Similarly Dr. Richard Waters, at that time studying at the University of New Mexico, provided a