"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as

This study corrects the misperceptions of the American West based on representations from novels and films and shows how western history was--and is--a vast eco

"Patricia Limerick is simply one of the best writers alive."--Garry Wills

Reexamination of the role of the West in U.S. history and of the field of western history itself told by ten historians.

Tracing events from the pre-history to the present day, this book offers a concise and accessible history of the American West. Explores the complex interaction