The American West

The American West is a narrative nonfiction series examining the lived realities of the nineteenth-century American Westward Expansion. Grounded in primary sources and modern historical scholarship, each volume explores the human cost, cultural conflict, and moral complexity of westward expansion—beyond myth, nostalgia, or romantic simplification. Each book in the series stands alone, yet together they form a cohesive historical record of the American West during a period of profound transformation.

Themes Explored Across the Collection

·       Westward expansion and its consequences

·       Women’s lives on the American frontier

·       Native American history and cultural conflict

·       Survival, disease, labor, and isolation

·       Faith, violence, resistance, and adaptation

·       Myth versus historical reality in frontier narratives

 ·       Those seeking a fact-based alternative to romantic frontier myths

The American West is published by Unbound Press Books and is intended for general readers, educators, and libraries. Each volume emphasizes historical accuracy, documented sources, and narrative clarity while remaining accessible to non-academic audiences.

Additional titles in the series will continue to examine overlooked stories, contested histories, and defining moments from the American frontier.