A short history of the last American West, written for the Chronicles of America series. Hough moves from the idea of the frontier to the open range and the great cattle trails north from Texas, the cowboy and his ways, the mining camps, the overland routes, the Indian wars, the cattle kings and finally the homesteader whose fences closed it all.
An eloquent, nostalgic survey by the author of The Covered Wagon, who saw the last of the open range himself. Download the free EPUB.