Review of Forging the Prairie West, by John Herd Thompson.

Authors

Adele Perry, University of Manitoba

Date of this Version

March 2000

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2000, pp. 160 - 161. © 2000 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

Abstract

John Herd Thompson's Forging the Prairie West is a wise, clever, and decisive book, though not an especially consistent one. But that hardly matters: Thompson's lively prose, trenchant observations, and firm portrayal of the Prairie West's history make for an analysis both accessible and engaging.