Finalist for the 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize "Immersive and humane." —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times A fresh history of the West

Surveys the settling of the American West, using excerpts from contemporary sources to highlight the original Native American inhabitants, the arrival of fur tr

This new historical overview tells the dramatic story of the American West from its prehistory to the present. A narrative history, it covers the region from th

A richly researched, evocative account of the individuals and institutions involved in the settling of the non-Indian West—and of the impact of the developmen

A new study of those excluded from the national narrative of the West. Dan Moos challenges both traditional and revisionist perspectives in his exploration of t