The American West centers on three subjects: Native Americans, settlers, and ranchers. Dee Brown re-creates these groups struggles for their place in this new landscape and illuminates the history of the old West in a single volume, filled with maps and vintage photographs. In his spirited telling of this national saga, Brown demonstrates once again his abilities as a master storyteller and as an entertaining popular historian.
The author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and one of America's best-known historians, Brown presents a brilliant account of the demise of the Native Americans of the Plains, the onrush of the burgeoning cattle trade, and the waves of immigrants who ultimately settled in the West. 50 black-and-white photos.
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