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Order Nr. 42179 WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST. Martin Ridge

WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 63-166, (2) pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings. Includes a preface by John B. Hench, essays by Martin Ridge, Elizabeth A.H. John, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., Howard Lamar and Kevin Starr. The exhibition catalogue was prepared by George Miles. READ MORE

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Preface                                                     63
    JOHN B. HENCH

Frederick Jackson Turner and His Ghost:                     65
The Writing of Western History
    MARTIN RIDGE

A View from the Spanish Borderlands                         77
    ELIZABETH A. H. JOHN

The Continuity Between the Old West and the New             89
    ALVIN M. JOSEPHY, JR.

Commentary                                                 107
    HOWARD R. LAMAR

A Response: Moving Beyond the Turner Thesis                119
    KEVIN STARR

'Go West and Grow Up with the Country': An Exhibition      127
of Nineteenth-Century Guides to the American West
in the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
    GEORGE MILES