Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West

by Richard W. Etulain

Book Overview

This new historical overview tells the dramatic story of the American West from its prehistory to the present. A narrative history, it covers the region from the North Dakota-to-Texas states to the Pacific Coast. This West has always been home to richly diverse cultural groups, including today's growing numbers of Indian, Hispanic, Asian and African Americans.

Other distinctions have marked the western past: first, the differences among prehistoric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826340334
• ISBN13: 9780826340337
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"