| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1

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Book Review

Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West. By Richard W. Etulain. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. xiii + 466 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliographies, index. $39.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.)

An overview history of the American West intended for general readers (no footnotes), this book covers an enormous range. Fifteen chapters move from the native landscapes of the pre-colonial era to the present. Each concludes with an extensive and helpful bibliography. More than a third of the book is devoted to the twentieth century, and about half to the nineteenth, which means the colonial period gets squeezed. In the business of writing surveys, omissions are necessary. I know this from experience, as co-author myself of a general history of the American West. In his choice of concentration, Etulain made the right decision, for he is strongest on the twentieth century. There is a strong analysis of the transformation of the West during the Depression and World War II, and Etulain's discussion of twentieth-century western writing benefits greatly from his own research.

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