The American West

“[A] masterpiece of history writing.”—Zhihui Zou, World History Encyclopedia

“This is no ordinary textbook. With sparkling prose, Faragher challenges students to think completely anew about a subject that many of them may have conceived as merely ‘cowboys and Indians.’”—James E. Crisp, author of Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution

“This new edition of The American West is, quite simply, stunning. Incorporating cutting-edge scholarship without losing the vision and clarity of the original, it weaves a cast of protagonists around a clear and gripping narrative. Comprehensive, bold, punchy, this is a textbook that reads like a novel.”—Pekka Hämäläinen, Oxford University

“A classic for the twenty-first century, The American West stands as the best one volume treatment of the American West in a generation—a masterful overview, replete with triumph and tragedy, pain and possibility.”—Karl Jacoby, Columbia University

“With fluid storytelling and sharp analysis, this edition deftly incorporates the best recent scholarship to build an impressive set of new chapters and remains the most engaging, comprehensive history of the American West.”—Jeffrey Sanders, Washington State University