First published 2011
The American West comes alive through award-winning essays by historians, journalists, and novelists. Each piece earned a Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. C. L. Sonnichsen recounts Geronimo's life through a revisionist lens. Jeffrey Pearson examines the death of Crazy Horse while Greg Michno presents the Battle of the Little Bighorn from the Lakota perspective. William Broyles chronicles the King family ranch in Texas. Novelist Oakley Hall writes about Wyoming, home to The Virginian and the Johnson County range war. Raphael Cristy focuses on artist Charles M. Russell and his writings about American Indians. Dan Flores explores the destruction of buffalo herds and the horse trade. Military history appears through Robert M. Utley's work on the Texas Rangers, Paul Hutton's account of the Alamo, and Sally Denton's investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre using forensic evidence. Hutton concludes with Theodore Roosevelt's leadership at San Juan Hill. These stories capture the violence and inspiration that defined the American frontier.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, military-history, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: multiple-perspectives, revisionist-history
Setting: American West, Texas, Wyoming, Mountain Meadows
Period: 19th Century, 20th Century
292 pages · Paperback · University of Oklahoma Press