A grizzly bear stands on a rock overlooking Glacier National Park in Montana. The bear's range in North America has been significantly reduced over the past century. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...
"A Great Disorder" by Richard Slotkin explores American myth-making. Here: Gary Wear with Moody's Battery Confederate artery is seen during a demonstration of a battle during the 150th anniversary of ...
Like most, the myth of the Frontier is reductive; that is how myths must be if they are to be useful. We might all understand that history was much more complicated than the myth -- but the myth is ...
Historians know that the “Myth of the Frontier” has been a consistent part of American language and culture for well more than two centuries at least. Stephen Mexal’s book “Reading for Liberalism” has ...
Introduction: the significance of the frontier myth in American history -- pt. 1. The mythology of progressivism, 1880-1902 -- The winning of the West: Theodore Roosevelt's frontier thesis, 1880-1900 ...
In April 1924, a road crew was working in Sequoia National Park, near the spectacular granite dome of Moro Rock, when a large shape emerged from the woods. These workers had previously been stationed ...
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