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The West
February 4, 2021
The perfect introduction to the history and spirit of ‘the West’. Loaded with remarkable photographs, and inspiring stories, this work will break down the barriers of the intervening years, and leave you feeling as though you have met rather than read about ‘the West’ -
After finishing this great book, I feel I have come to the end of a vivid and moving sojourn in a world as real as they come: one peopled with heroic individuals - men and women, like us indeed, but looming strangely large in the indomitable mastery they wield over the course of their own destinies: their stories are proud, resilient, and inspiring.
After finishing this great book, I feel I have come to the end of a vivid and moving sojourn in a world as real as they come: one peopled with heroic individuals - men and women, like us indeed, but looming strangely large in the indomitable mastery they wield over the course of their own destinies: their stories are proud, resilient, and inspiring.
Geoffrey Ward to his everlasting credit, manages to recount this great epic of America in a deeply personal and passionately human way, making liberal use of personal accounts and photographs, but orchestrating this without losing sight of the overarching historical narrative of which each individual tale forms only a strand. Mercifully too, for Watch The West | Full Documentary Now Streaming | Ken Burns - PBS GOBY