The Wild West ─ 1804-1890

In the tradition of Abbeville's best-selling series How Artists See,” the See American History” series is a collection of interactive visual books for young readers. Featuring masterfully researched paintings by renowned historical artist Mort Kunstler, the books place readers at the center of the action, immersing them in major historical events in a way that archival documents cannot achieve alone. Here, the action-packed saga of the Wild West is explored through Kunstler's vivid artworks and an engaging text by James I. Robertson, which asks readers to look closely at the art to learn about this dynamic period in history.

Painter Mort Kunstler is renowned for his historically authentic and moving American history scenes. His work has been featured in more than twenty books, which have sold more than 500,000 copies. He has exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide, and has received a number of awards and commissions, including a painting of American Buffalo soldiers featured on a U.S. Postal Service stamp. An exhibit of Kunstler’s Civil War work, based on his book For Us the Living, is currently touring the country, and a major retrospective of his art was mounted at the Norman Rockwell Museum in 2014.

James I. Robertson is a nationally recognized American historian and an expert on the American Civil War. He is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech, where he formerly served as Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including such award-winning studies asCivil War! America Becomes One Nation, General A.P. Hill, and Soldiers Blue and Gray. His biography of General Stonewall” Jackson won eight national awards and was used as the basis for the 2003 filmGods and Generals, for which he served as a consultant.