An expanded edition of one of the most original and provocative works of American history of the last decade, which documents the pioneering experiences and gri

A book that interrogates the idea of America--especially our westering, both historical and contemporary.

Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and American Studies at Brooklyn CollegeCUNY. She is the author of numerous books, including The Western Wom

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While Henry David Thoreau's travels to the Maine Woods and Cape Cod were well documented and have been followed by "Thoreauvians" for decades, his 1861 "journey