The American West: A Very Short Introduction

The American West: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Familiar figures – missionaries, explorers, trappers, traders, prospectors, gunfighters, cowboys, and Indians – appear in these pages. So do renowned individuals such as Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and John Wayne. But their stories contribute to a history of the American West that is longer, larger, and more complicated than we were once told.

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Stephen Aron (Professor of History and Vice Chair for Academic Personnel, University of California, Los Angeles) – Oxford University Press Inc