The forgotten founders rethinking the history of the Old West - Udall, Stewart L. (Washington, D.C. Island Press Covelo, Calif. Shearwater Books, 2002)
Native peoples : the first forgotten founders -- European settlers : human faces, far-flung places -- Explorers and fur trappers -- The religion factor in western settlement -- The manifest destiny morass -- The California gold rush, plain -- Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West -- The wild west and the wrenching of the American chronicle -- The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: West (U.S.) -- History; West (U.S.) -- Historiography