Title: Good Book, Bad Index
Product review: This is a good book: a set of columns, written by Lois Adams, that appeared in a Detroit newspaper in 1863 through 1865. Adams was a clerk in the Agriculture Department, so her vision of Washington was less lofty than Brooks or other correspondents; she focuses on the weather, fashions, and the Agriculture Department. BUT the book is rendered far less useful by its awful index. I knew the book mentioned Seward, because I had seen a reference elsewhere, but he is not in the index. A patient search through the text found several references. A quick check revealed other names not indexed, including those of some Michigan men in Washington hospitals. No index is perfect, but this one mars the whole book.
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