The Frontier Chronicles

American Frontier Chronicles: A Narrative History Series of the Nineteenth-Century American Frontier

The American Frontier Chronicles is a narrative nonfiction series examining the lived realities of the nineteenth-century American frontier. 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.

Rather than focusing solely on political leaders or military campaigns, the series centers the experiences of ordinary people: women, Indigenous communities, settlers, families, and witnesses whose lives were shaped by migration, violence, displacement, survival, and resilience.

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 Series

·       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

 Titles in the Series

Women on the Prairie: Stories of Grit, Survival, and Unbroken Spirit on the American Frontier

A deeply researched narrative history of women who lived and labored on the nineteenth-century frontier. Drawing on diaries, letters, and contemporary accounts, this volume examines pioneer women, Native American women, nurses, homesteaders, and activists navigating childbirth, cultural conflict, war, and daily survival in a harsh and unforgiving world.

The Ghost Dance War: A Story of Tragedy, Resistance, and the End of the American Frontier

An examination of the final violent chapter of westward expansion, centered on the Ghost Dance movement and the events leading to Wounded Knee. This volume explores Indigenous resistance, federal policy, religious conflict, and the collapse of Native sovereignty at the close of the frontier era.

Who This Series Is For

·       Readers of serious narrative history

·       Libraries and historical collections

·       Students of American West and Native American history

·       Readers interested in women’s history and social history

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

The American Frontier Chronicles 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.