Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,

"Pepper Paige is sick and tired of her life. Sick of fighting and emptiness that surround her as a dance-hall girl - and tired of fearing Jordan Beckett, a viol

From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents a

This unique collection of essays and documents brings to life the major topics in American western and frontier history from the sixteenth to the twentieth cent

To most people living in the West, the Louisiana Purchase made little difference: the United States was just another imperial overlord to be assessed and manipu