The Frontier re-examined,, edited by John Francis McDermott

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Label

The Frontier re-examined,, edited by John Francis McDermott

Statement of responsibility

edited by John Francis McDermott

Instantiates

• The Frontier re-examined,

Publication

• Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1967

Note

Papers presented at a conference sponsored by Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, November 11-12, 1965

Bibliography note

Bibliographical footnotes

Contents

• Oscar O. Winther
• The image of the American West as mid-century (1840-60): a product of scientific geographical exploration by the United States government
• Herman R. Friis
• The Great Revival, the West, and the crisis of the church
• Ralph E. Morrow
• Fact and fiction in the documentary art of the American West
• John C. Ewers
• Territorial government and the records of its administration
• Oliver W. Holmes
• The fur trade as business
• Richard E. Oglesby
• The fur trade as seen from the Indian point of view
• Preston Holder
• The frontiersman in popular fiction, 1820-60
• Jules Zanger
• The American frontier in German fiction
• George R. Brooks
• Cowboy philosophy: a cold spoor
• Joe B. Frantz
• The frontier re-examined
• John Francis McDermott
• The American Entrada: a Spanish point of view
• Donald Jackson
• The jumping-off places on the Overland Trail
• Merrill J. Mattes
• Trails, rails, paddlewheels, and Frederick Jason Turner

Dimensions

27 cm.

Extent

vii, 192 p.

Lccn

67012990

Note

Spec. Coll. copy: Illustrated dust jacket. Red cloth over boards, printed in black.

Other physical details

illus., maps.

Record ID

1344600

System control number

• (OCoLC)00479647
• ucoclc479647