New Books in the American West

355 Episodes

1. Andrés Reséndez, "Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery" (Mariner Books, 2022)

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

   Published: 4/26/2024
3. Héctor Beltrán, "Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands" (Princeton UP, 2023)

   Published: 4/21/2024
4. Amanda Mei Kim, "California Obscura," The Common magazine (2023)

   Published: 4/19/2024
5. Ieva Jusionyte, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 4/15/2024
6. Paul Carter, "Richard Nixon: California's Native Son" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

   Published: 3/29/2024
7. John William Nelson, "Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent" (UNC Press, 2023)

   Published: 3/24/2024
8. Brent M. Rogers, "Buffalo Bill and the Mormons" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

   Published: 3/24/2024
9. Looking into the Heart of Arizona: A Discussion with Author Tom Zoellner

   Published: 3/21/2024
10. Amy Absher, "Fritzie: The Invented Life and Violent Murder of a Flapper" (U Oklahoma Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/21/2024
11. Christina Gish Hill et al., "National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration" (U Oklahoma Press, 2024)

    Published: 3/20/2024
12. Lisa Messeri, "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles" (Duke UP, 2024)

    Published: 3/16/2024
13. Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm

    Published: 3/14/2024
14. Sarah Keyes, "American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)

    Published: 2/25/2024
15. Laurence Ralph, "Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him" (Grand Central Publishing, 2023)

    Published: 2/21/2024
16. Matthew C. Ward, "Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

    Published: 2/18/2024
17. Julia Ornelas-Higdon, "The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769–1920" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

    Published: 2/3/2024
18. William L. Bird, "In the Arms of Saguaros: Iconography of the Giant Cactus" (U Arizona Press, 2023)

    Published: 2/3/2024
19. Marc Arsell Robinson, "Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest" (NYU Press, 2023)

    Published: 2/2/2024
20. Maryam Kashani, "Medina by the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival" (Duke UP, 2023)

    Published: 1/31/2024