Hunger for the Wild America's Obsession with the Untamed West |
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| Author:
| Johnson, Michael L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-1501-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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A cultural history of Americans' long, still enduring, and ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind characterized by wildness of various kinds. The author considers how that obsession has shaped perceptions of, ideas about, attitudes toward, and activities in the West.
A cultural history of Americans' long, still enduring, and ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind characterized by wildness of various kinds. The author considers how that obsession has shaped perceptions of, ideas about, attitudes toward, and activities in the West.