Richard Slokin, Regeneration Through Violence

At Amazon, Richard Slokin, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860.

Claire Vaye Watkins, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

 At Amazon, Claire Vaye Watkins, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness.

Alan Taylor, William Cooper's Town

At Amazon, Alan Taylor, William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic.

Placerville's 'Horrific Vigilante History'

I didn't know this history, which is interesting.

Essential Arts: A city's lynching tree logo and 'horrific' vigilante history https://t.co/YH050PNrNw

— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) August 1, 2020

David McCullough, The Pioneers

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, David McCullough, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West .

Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families

At Amazon, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.

Bernard DeVoto, Across the Wide Missouri

At Amazon, Bernard DeVoto, Across the Wide Missouri.

Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth

Out today, at Amazon, Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.

Terry C. Johnston, Dance on the Wind

At Amazon, Terry C. Johnston, Dance on the Wind: A Novel.

Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind

After I get through a few of these books on Ancient Rome, I expect to get back to reading my wilderness novels, especially Allan Eckert's books.

But I might give Terry C. Johnston a go before that. I found this one today while out puttering around at used bookstores.

At Amazon, Carry the Wind.

Juliana Barr, Peace Came in the Form of a Woman

At Amazon, Juliana Barr, Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands.

Elizabeth A. Fenn, Encounters at the Heart of the World

At Amazon, Elizabeth A. Fenn, Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People.

ICYMI: James F. Brooks, Captives and Cousins

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, James F. Brooks, Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands.

Christopher Knowlton, Cattle Kingdom

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Christopher Knowlton, Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West.

Noam Maggor, Brahmin Capitalism

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Noam Maggor, Brahmin Capitalism: Frontiers of Wealth and Populism in America’s First Gilded Age.

ICYMI: Ralph K. Andrist, The Long Death

At Amazon, Ralph K. Andrist, The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians.

Elliott West, The Last Indian War

At Amazon, Elliott West, The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story.

Still Working on It: Richard Slotkin, Regeneration Through Violence

It's an awesome book, but a hefty slog. I've been breaking it up with some other books, but I'm almost through this one, and will be starting out on the next one in Slotkin's trilogy.

This is fine scholarship, to be savored and enjoyed.

See, Richard Slotkin's, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860.

Also, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890, and Gunfighter Nation: Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America.

Daniel J. Sharfstein, Thunder in the Mountains

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Daniel J. Sharfstein, Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War.

Susan Sleeper-Smith, ed., Rethinking the Fur Trade

At Amazon, Susan Sleeper-Smith, ed., Rethinking the Fur Trade: Cultures of Exchange in an Atlantic World.