The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier

“A uniquely compelling look at the dynamism and conflict that defined the West” (Booklist), shattering the traditional frontier myth that has dominated popular American culture.

“A richly layered portrait of the nineteenth-century frontier” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Westerners is an epic counter-history of the American West told in two interwoven stories. The first reveals the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West—Indigenous peoples, Black Americ...