The American West : a very short introduction /
Stephen Aron.
- [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Very short introductions .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Familiar figures - missionaries, explorers, trappers, traders, prospectors, gunfighters, cowboys, and Indians - appear in these pages. So do renowned individuals such as Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and John Wayne. But their stories contribute to a history of the American West that is longer, larger, and more complicated than we were once told.