The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier by Megan Kate Nelson Helen Musselwhite and the Revels Plays series

and the Revels Plays series

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The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier by Megan Kate Nelson Helen Musselwhite and the Revels Plays seriesFrom award winning historian Megan Kate Nelson, an epic account of the creation of the American West in the 19th century, shattering the traditional frontier myth that has dominated popular American culture. The Westerners tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories. The first reveals the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Canadian and Asian immigrants in