num_pages: 448
description: Shorn of the 400-plus images that illustrated the TV tie-in edition, the text of The West is an outstanding work of scholarly synthesis and a feat of storytelling. It is a book that will enthrall readers of popular history as well as students of the North American West. Essays by seven noted writers and historians, complement Geoffrey Wards compelling narrative.
language: English
title: The West: An Illustrated History
titlecomplete: The West: An Illustrated History
genres: 19th Century, Research, Photography, History, American History, Historical, American, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Westerns
ratings_count: 246
publisher: Back Bay Books