http://www.pietisten.org/authors/NelsonFBurton.htmlen-ushttp://www.pietisten.org/winter02/lindahlreview.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/winter02/lindahlreview.htmlPrivate Lindahl, Citizen Soldier by Elder M. Lindahl opens a window for us into the realities of life in the military service, particularly seen through the perceptive eyes of an eighteen-year-old enlistee. Based on the 250 letters he had written home, the narrative is indebted to a devoted mother who systematically preserved them for posterity.