"In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous inhabitants that has yet to come to a real conclusion. A century

Thomas Savage (1915—2003) was one of the intermountain West's best novelists. His thirteen novels received high critical praise, yet he remained largely unkno

Thomas Savage (1915—2003) was one of the intermountain West's best novelists. His thirteen novels received high critical praise, yet he remained largely unkno

Presents an intellectual history of the West's bias against tribalism that explains how acts of war and dispossession have been justified in the name of civiliz

The first significant book in forty years on this territory viewed for centuries as a lawless wilderness.