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The American West by Dee Brown; Martin Ferdinand Schmitt is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The American West about?

Renowned storyteller Dee Brown, author of the bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee , recreates the struggles of Native Americans, settlers, and ranchers in this stunning volume that illuminates the history of the old West that's filled with maps and vintage photographs. Beginning with the demise of the Native Americans of the Plains, Brown depicts the onrush of the burgeoning cattle trade and the waves of immigrants who ultimately "settled" the land. In the retelling of this oft-told saga, Brown has demonstrated once again his abilities as a master storyteller and an entertaining popular historian. By turns heroic, tragic, and even humorous, The American West brings to life American tragedy and triumph in the years from 1840 to the turn of the century, and a roster of characters both great and small: Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Dull Knife, Crazy Horse, Captain Jack, John H. Tunstall, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, Wild Bill Hickok, Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, Buffalo Bill, and many others. The American West is about cattle and the railroads; it is about settlers who came to claim a land not originally their own and how they

Who reads The American West?

Author

Dee Brown; Martin Ferdinand Schmitt

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439125564

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, American Studies

Rating

3.93 / 5 (362 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14