Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
March 2000
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.
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.