Ill-Fated Frontier: Peril and Possibility in the Early American West

What happened in between--a cautionary tale of greed, incompetence, and hubris--lies at the center of this fascinating account by Harvard historian Samuel A. Forman. Endorsed by New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, it is a startling and frank portrait of a young America that examines the dream of an inclusive American experience and its reality--a debate that continues today. Ill-Fated Frontier is at once a pioneer adventure and a compelling narrative of the frictions that emerged among entrepreneurial pioneers and their sixty slaves, Indians fighting to preserve their land, and Spanish colonials with their own agenda. Here is a lively and visceral portrait of the wild and enduring American frontier in 1879.

• | Author: Samuel Forman
• | Publisher: Lyons Press
• | Publication Date: July 01, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1493044613
• | ISBN-13: 9781493044610