The undiscovered country : triumph, tragedy, and the shaping of the American West / Paul Andrew Hutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutton, Paul Andrew, 1949- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West (U.S.)--History.

West (U.S.).

Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous peoples--West (U.S.)--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

vii, 565 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

monochrome

illustration

map

portrait

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin House LLC, [2025]

Summary:

"From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation The epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new nation. Over time a darker story emerged--one of ghastly violence and environmental spoliation that stained this identity. The Undiscovered Country strips away the layers of myth to reveal the true story of this first epoch of American history. From the forests of Pennsylvania and Kentucky to the snow-crested California Sierras, and from the harsh deserts of the Southwest to the buffalo range of the Great Plains, Paul Andrew Hutton masterfully chronicles a story that defined America and its people. From Braddock's 1755 defeat to the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, he unfolds a grand narrative steeped in romantic impulses and tragic consequences. Hutton uses seven main protagonists--Daniel Boone, Red Eagle, Davy Crockett, Mangas Coloradas, Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody--as the biographical threads by which to weave a tapestry across seven generations, revealing a story of heroic conquest and dark tragedy, of sacrifice and greed, and of man-made wonders and environmental ruin. The American frontier movement has proven eternally fascinating around the world-the subject of countless books, paintings, poems, television shows, and films. The Undiscovered Country reveals the truth behind America's great creation myth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

PART I: THE FOREST. Death on the Monongahela

The forks of the Ohio

Bushy Run

Cumberland Gap

The wilderness road

The dark and bloody ground

Kings Mountain

The council fire

The hearth

Fort Mims

The war of the Red Sticks

PART II: THE CITY: The lion of the West

The Texas

PART III: THE MOUNTAINS. The mountain men

The Oregon Trail

Manifest destiny

California

Lines on paper

Flight of the ravens

Land of the Jicarilla

Valverde

Mangas Coloradas

Canyon de Chelly

Adobe walls

PART IV: THE PRAIRIE. The buffalo range

Warbonnet Creek

The dancing horse

Wild West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-550) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Hutton, Paul Andrew, 1949- Undiscovered country

ISBN:

9781524746131

1524746134

OCLC:

1468663174