Continental Reckoning
Book description
Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History
Winner of the 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History
Winner of the 2024 Caughey Western History Prize
Winner of the 2024 Spur Award
Named a Best Civil War Book of 2023 by Civil War Monitor
In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Continental Reckoning as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Sticking with the history book theme, I have always admired the work and writings of Elliott West, and this book pay prove to be his Magnum Opus. It posits that another through-line of American history from the 1840s to the 1870s is the integration and incorporation of the western half of the continent. This is a sweeping history that takes into account the growth of the federal government, westward expansion and exploration by American citizens, technological changes, environmental exploitation, and the experiences of Native nations and non-white populations in what would become the American West. If you need a single…
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