The American Heritage Book of the Great West by Lavender, David; Alvin M. Josephy Jr. (editor) - 1965

American Heritage Press, NY, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. "'The story of America's westward movement is at heart the story of men and women of all races and different origins and beliefs who helped shape the character of a nation. They lived a stirring epic, the telling of which grows ever more fascinating as it grows more remote. It has become a romance, a drama of many conflicts: of man against the forces of a stupendous land; of man against wild beasts, nameless terrors, and loneliness; of man against man...' These lines by Editor Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., begin 'The American Heritage History of the Great West'. The book's 416 pages tell the epic as it has never been done before... as one huge and colorful panorama. The action starts in 1763, the year the Treaty of Paris ordered the French out of North America and established England's domination as far west as the Mississippi." [Pub. Info] Larger format. Minor chipping and 2 small tears at the top of the dustjacket otherwise in Near Fine condition. [Please check shipping on larger format books and multi-volume sets.]