Finding the West by James P Ronda

Finding the West by James P Ronda

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Finding the West by James P Ronda

One of the foremost historians of Lewis and Clark, Ronda grounds ""Finding the West"" in the insights and reflections he has gleaned from some twenty years of research and writing about this pivotal era. But above all else, Ronda's book is centred on stories and storytellers. The beginning of the nineteenth century represents a time when America passed into a headlong rush for empire and when 'the West' loomed large as a dream for some and a nightmare for others, an era that irrevocably shaped the new American nation in the two hundred years that followed. Whoever the storyteller in the aftermath of that encounter - native or newcomer - the stories all soon revolved around a common theme: the coming of the winds of change. Ronda's masterful interpretation of the young Republic's fascination with the West is written with grace, narrative sweep, and a conviction that history should, above all else, engage and inform us.
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ISBN 13 9780826324184
ISBN 10 0826324185
Title Finding the West
Author James P Ronda
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
Year published 2006-02-28
Number of pages 138
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