The American West: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0199858934
- ISBN-13
- 9780199858934
- Series
- The American West
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Stephen Aron
Description
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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