The concept of the American West is an essential part of our national psyche. Identifying the West, however, is a difficult matter. From pinpointing the region'

A dozen scholars from several disciplines examine popular perceptions about the West in their quest to interpret the region's geography.

Something has been going badly wrong in America. But what is really happening, why, and what does it mean? Could the US itself now be the greatest threat to the

The spell that the West has always exercised on the American people had its most intense impact on American literature and thought during the nineteenth century

For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most pop