West (U.S.) -- History

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The American West: a very short introduction

by Aron, Stephen

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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…

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The American West: a very short introduction

by Aron, Stephen

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Part geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time and place for the region, author and longtime Californian Stephen Aron tracks "t…

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The frontier in American culture: an exhibition at the Newberry Library, August 26,…

by White, Richard, Limerick, Patricia Nelson, Grossman, James R., Newberry Library

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Essays and illustrations explore the image of the frontier, examining Frederick Jackson Turner and Buffalo Bill's accounts of westward expansion and how these stories evolved in the 20th century.

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Across God's frontiers: Catholic sisters in the American West,1850-1920

by Butler, Anne M.

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Roman Catholic sisters first travelled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonst…

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Across God's frontiers: Catholic sisters in the American West, 1850-1920

by Butler, Anne M.

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Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. Anne Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she dem…

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Across God's frontiers: Catholic sisters in the American West, 1850-1920

by Butler, Anne M.

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Roman Catholic sisters first travelled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonst…

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Mustang: the saga of the wild horse in the American West

by Stillman, Deanne

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A panoramic study of the role of the wild horse in the history and popular culture of the American West traces the history of the mustang and profiles some notable characters--equine and human alike--in that history.

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Mustang: the saga of the wild horse in the American West

by Stillman, Deanne

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Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old front…

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Mustang: the saga of the wild horse in the American West

by Stillman, Deanne

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A panoramic study of the role of the wild horse in the history and popular culture of the American West traces the history of the mustang and profiles some notable characters--equine and human alike--in that history.

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The bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expans…

by Gitlin, Jay

fromLamar series in western history

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"Histories tend to emphasize conquest by Anglo-Americans as the driving force behind the development of the American West. In this fresh interpretation, Jay Gitlin argues that the activities of the French are crucial to understanding the phenomenon of westward expansion. The Sev…