Ward, Geoffrey C. <br/><br/>
The west  : an illustrated history 
/ Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns 
 - Boston  : Little, Brown and Co  , 19969 
 - 445 p.  ; 29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 435) and index. 
<br/><br/> This vivid narrative history -- illustrated with more than 400 photographs, takes us on a  journey through the turbulent history of the region that has come to symbolize America around the world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, diaries, memoirs, and journals as well as the latest scholarship, The West presents a cast as rich and diverse as the western landscape itself: explorers and soldiers and Indian warriors, settlers and railroad builders and gaudy showmen. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316922364 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West (U.S.)---History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>REF 978 WAR