Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West
Description
William H. Goetzmann (July 20, 1930 - September 7, 2010) was an award-winning historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Texas at Austin. He attended Yale University as a graduate student and was friends with Tom Wolfe while there. His work on the American West won him the highest prizes for historians, the Parkman Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. He has written and published extensively on American philosophy, American political history, and the American arts. An advocate for the importance of history as a public discussion...
ISBN(s)
158288210X, 9781582882109
