The West An Illustrated History

Shorn of the 400-plus images that illustrated the TV tie-in edition, the text of The West is an outstanding work of scholarly synthesis and a feat of storytelling. It is a book that will enthrall readers of popular history as well as students of the North American West. Essays by seven noted writers and historians, complement Geoffrey Wards compelling narrative.

Preface	p. xvii
The Northern Mystery: Other Wests	p. 1
The Most Avid Nation: The Mission at Waiilatpu: A Meeting Place for Western Women	p. 54
Seeing the Elephant Myth and Myopia: Hispanic Peoples and Western History	p. 118
A Hell of a Storm Believing in the American West	p. 172
The Grandest Enterprise Under God Great Migrations: The Pioneer in the American West	p. 214
Rivers Run Backward Wilderness and the West	p. 290
The Great Die-Up The American West and The Burden of Belief	p. 330
The Outcome of Our Earnest Endeavors Monument Valley	p. 384
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustration Credits
Film Credits	p. 434
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