Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860

Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860
ISBN-10
0806132299
ISBN-13
9780806132297
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
670
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Author
Richard Slotkin

Description

Originally published: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973.

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