New Books in the American West

417 Episodes

1. Sydney Stern, "The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics" (U Mississippi Press, 2019)

   Published: 5/05/2024
2. Katie Gee Salisbury, "Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong" (Dutton, 2024)

   Published: 2/05/2024
3. Andrés Reséndez, "Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery" (Mariner Books, 2022)

   Published: 27/04/2024
4. Steven C. Beda, "Strong Winds and Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country" (U Illinois Press, 2022)

   Published: 26/04/2024
5. Héctor Beltrán, "Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands" (Princeton UP, 2023)

   Published: 21/04/2024
6. Amanda Mei Kim, "California Obscura," The Common magazine (2023)

   Published: 19/04/2024
7. Ieva Jusionyte, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 15/04/2024
8. Paul Carter, "Richard Nixon: California's Native Son" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

   Published: 29/03/2024
9. Brent M. Rogers, "Buffalo Bill and the Mormons" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

   Published: 24/03/2024
10. John William Nelson, "Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent" (UNC Press, 2023)

    Published: 24/03/2024
11. Amy Absher, "Fritzie: The Invented Life and Violent Murder of a Flapper" (U Oklahoma Press, 2023)

    Published: 21/03/2024
12. Looking into the Heart of Arizona: A Discussion with Author Tom Zoellner

    Published: 21/03/2024
13. Christina Gish Hill et al., "National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration" (U Oklahoma Press, 2024)

    Published: 20/03/2024
14. Lisa Messeri, "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles" (Duke UP, 2024)

    Published: 16/03/2024
15. Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm

    Published: 14/03/2024
16. Sarah Keyes, "American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)

    Published: 25/02/2024
17. Laurence Ralph, "Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him" (Grand Central Publishing, 2023)

    Published: 21/02/2024
18. Matthew C. Ward, "Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

    Published: 18/02/2024
19. Julia Ornelas-Higdon, "The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769–1920" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/02/2024
20. William L. Bird, "In the Arms of Saguaros: Iconography of the Giant Cactus" (U Arizona Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/02/2024