The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America - Hardcover

Athearn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700603042 ISBN 13: 9780700603046

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1986

Synopsis

Briefly describes life in the West, and discusses the ephemeral nature of the region, western towns, the tourist industry, agriculture, fiction, and the ecology movement.

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Review:

"The Mythic West is by no means meant as a full treatment of its subject. Instead Athearn uses each chapter to consider from a different angle certain developments that have shaped the modern West and some of the ways these transformations have in turn molded what people have thought and dreamed about that land. . . . It is informed by his characteristic intelligence and graced by the humor and felicity of style his readers have come to expect. As do his other works, it leaves us with a deeper, richer understanding of that elusive and complex place, the West, which he knew as well as anyone ever will."--from the Foreword "The best interpretative study of the twentieth-century American West to date: it is informed, witty, personal. . . . This is high country history at its best."--Martin Ridge, coauthor of Westward Expansion "One of the most delightful, thoughtful, penetrating, and knowledgeable books on the American West. . . . A real love affair, and a joy to read."--Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., author of Now That the Buffalo's Gone "Magnificent. . . . This book is a must for anyone interested in understanding the recent history of a major portion of the American West."--Howard R. Lamar in Colorado Heritage

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0700603042
• ISBN 13: 9780700603046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330