A collection of essays on conflicting aspects of the expansion of the American West discusses such topics as the exploitation of Native Americans and of natural resources, freedom, opportunity, and greed
OK. As with any compilation of articles, there are some that are more enjoyable than others. A good multiple-source to get lots of information quickly. There were some issues I would like to have seen addressed that the editors did not include, but still there was a multitude of information, both pro and con about frontier history as is commonly written.