Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner

The best assembly of Turners essays now available. Faraghers introductory and concluding commentaries add considerably to the import of the book.Stephen Aron, University of California, Los Angeles Still ranks as the most influential piece of writing on American history.Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, A Notable Book of 1994 Faraghers invaluable afterword . . . provides a judicious introduction to the issues that divide the revisionist New Western Historians from Turner and his disciples.Michael Kammen, FanFare Frederick Jackson Turner is often considered to be the most influential American historian of the century, and his views continue to shape the controversial field of Western American history. In this book, John Mack Faragher introduces and comments on ten of Turners most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turners legacy and his effect on Americans understanding of their national character.