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The American frontier, also known as the "Old West", popularly known as the "Wild West", encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
The Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775–1850 is a book written by Malcolm J. Rohrbough and published by Oxford University Press in 1978 (first edition) and Indiana University Press (third edition) in 2008.
History of the American Frontier is a history book by Frederic L. Paxson, originally published in 1924 by Houghton Mifflin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1925. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Kentucke's Frontiers is a book by Craig Thompson Friend published in 2010 by Indiana University Press.Starting from the 1720s to the conclusion of the War of 1812, Kentucke's Frontiers explores the political, military, and social history of the Kentucky frontier and how these came together to shape the public memory of frontier Kentucky.
The Old West is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters.
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the Frontier thesis of American history. Turner's thesis had a significant impact on how people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries understood American identity, character, and national growth.
Tennessee Frontiers: Three Regions in Transition is a book by John R. Finger published in 2001 by Indiana University Press. [1] The work is part of the A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier series edited by Malcolm J. Rohrbough and Walter Nugent. [2]
This category is for articles on history books about the American Old West (i.e. books that focus on the western United States in the second half of the nineteenth century). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.