The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

by Greg Grandin

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall. Ever since this nation's inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States' belief in itself as an exceptional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250179823
• ISBN13: 9781250179821
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"