Generations of Americans have seen the West as beyond federal control and direction. But the national government’s presence in the West dates to before Lewis and Clark, and since 1789 a number of U.S.
Presents portraits of frontier figures such as Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Belle Starr, and Jesse James, showing that the villains and heroes of the Old West in reality had many shadowed faces. Lively
Hornbeck, who has been an educator, community organizer, activist, and superintendent, describes how teachers, administrators, policy makers, and activists can implement better school reforms. He argu
