The West : an illustrated history / narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film script by Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns ; and contributions by Dayton Duncan ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 445 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0316922366
  • 9780316922364
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F 591 .W27 1996
Contents:
Preface / by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns -- The northern mystery : Other wests / by Richard White -- The most avid nation : The mission at Waiilatpu : a meeting place for western women / by Julie Roy Jeffrey -- Seeing the elephant : Myth and myopia : Hispanic peoples and western history / by David G. Guti�ierrez -- A hell of a storm : Believing in the American West / by Patricia Nelson Limerick -- The grandest enterprise under God : Great migrations : the pioneer in the American West / by John Mack Faragher -- Rivers run backward : Wilderness and the West / by T.H. Watkins -- The great die-up : The American West and the burden of belief / by N. Scott Momaday -- The outcome of our earnest endeavors : Monument Valley / by Dayton Duncan.
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Reference Storms Research Center Reference Collection - Does Not Circulate REF F 591 .W27 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 98650895
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection F 591 .W27 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98635731

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435) and index.

Preface / by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns -- The northern mystery : Other wests / by Richard White -- The most avid nation : The mission at Waiilatpu : a meeting place for western women / by Julie Roy Jeffrey -- Seeing the elephant : Myth and myopia : Hispanic peoples and western history / by David G. Guti�ierrez -- A hell of a storm : Believing in the American West / by Patricia Nelson Limerick -- The grandest enterprise under God : Great migrations : the pioneer in the American West / by John Mack Faragher -- Rivers run backward : Wilderness and the West / by T.H. Watkins -- The great die-up : The American West and the burden of belief / by N. Scott Momaday -- The outcome of our earnest endeavors : Monument Valley / by Dayton Duncan.

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