The Undiscovered Country - Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West

From the author of 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. 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.

About the author

Paul Andrew Hutton is the author of The Apache Wars. He is an American cultural historian, author, documentary writer, and television personality. He is also a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, a former executive director of the Western History Association, and former president of the Western Writers of America.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Andrew Hutton, Hutton Paul Andrew
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.08.2025
• EAN: 9781524746131
• ISBN: 978-1-5247-4613-1
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, The Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), HISTORY / Indigenous / General