West, The by Geoffrey C. Ward

The Complete Text of the Illustrated Companion Volume to the Acclaimed PBS Television Series. With a cast as rich and diverse as the majestic western landscape-explorers and soldiers, European settlers and Indian warriors, railroad builders and gaudy showmen, conquistadors and freed slaves-this gripping narrative draws from letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship as it chronicles the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. New. (paper back)