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As the railroads opened up the American West to settlers in the last half of the 19th Century, the Plains Indians made their final stand and cattle ranches spre

This book studies how, in the Far West, Americans moved from communal values to individualistic and exploitative ones.

Using excerpts from diaries, and letters to songs, speeches and legal documents for the study of Indians, pioneers and settlers this book is intended to serve a

Covers the period of westward expansion from 1860 to 1900 including the search for gold via the Oregon Trail, outlaws and lawmen, the Chisholm Trail, and a rail

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settl