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Ray Allen Billington

Born

in Bay City, Michigan, The United States

September 28, 1903

Died

March 07, 1981

Genre

History, Biography

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Ray Allen Billington was an American historian focusing his work on the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defenders of Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" from the 1950s to the 1970s, expanding the field of the history of the American West. He was a co-founder of the Western History Association in 1961. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 188 ratings · 27 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier by Ray Allen Billington, Martin Ridge 3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Far Western Frontier 1830-1860 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1956 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Protestant Crusade,1800-1860: A Study of the Origins of American Nativism 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1964 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Jackson Turner: Historian, Scholar, Teacher 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's Frontier Heritage 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Westward to the Pacific 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frontier Thesis: Valid Interpretation of American History? 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1966 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American History Before 1877 with Questions and Answers (Helix Book) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Limericks, Historical and Hysterical 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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