The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

by Greg Grandin

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall.

Ever since this nation's inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250214858
• ISBN13: 9781250214850
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"