Essential West Collected Essays

Name: Essential West Collected Essays
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ISBN: 9780806146539

ISBN-10: 0806146532

ISBN-13: 9780806146539

Edition: N/A

Authors: Elliott West, Richard White

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Scholars and enthusiasts of western American history have praised Elliott West as a distinguished historian and an accomplished writer, and this book proves them right on both counts. Capitalizing on West’s wide array of interests, this collection of his essays touches on topics ranging from viruses and the telegraph to children, bison, and Larry McMurtry. Drawing from the past three centuries, West weaves the western story into that of the nation and the world beyond, from Kansas and Montana to Haiti, Africa, and the court of Louis XV.Divided into three sections, the volume begins with conquest. West is not the first historian to write about Lewis and Clark, but he is the first to contrast…

Book details

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 5/28/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Elliott West is Professor of American History at the University of Arkansas.

Richard White MSc (Med Sci) MBChB FRCR Specialty Registrar Ninewells Hospital, Dundee