Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History

by Richard Edwards (Author), Jacob K. Friefeld (Author), Rebecca S. Wingo (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2017

  $57.55

  Offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of America's national narrative and most scholars' harshly negative and dismissive treatment.