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The Great Plains
by Walter Prescott Webb
- HISTORY
- 1981
- PAPER
- 525 PAGES
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Originally published in 1931, this classic and still provocative book traces the mindset and circumstances that pushed the settlers west. Walter Prescott Webb argues for the essential unity of this difficult land west of the 98th meridian, broken by "the revolver, barbed wire and the windmill." This is an engaging history, worth reading for its insight into the ecology, culture and present circumstances of the region.
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