Reference Books on the American West

Alan Axelrod, ed. American Frontier Life. Early Western Painting and Prints. New York, 1987. Cloth. Out of print. A copiously illustrated selection of articles on the topic. $39.95
William Goetzmann. New Lands, New Men. America and the Second Great Age of Discovery. New York, 1986. Cloth. Out of print. An excellent volume on the exploration of the American West and the Pacific. $24.95
William H. Goetzmann and Joseph C. Porter. The West as Romantic Horizon. Omaha, 1981. Out of Print. A superior catalogue of an exhibit of western art from the collection of the Joslyn Art Museum. It contains two fine articles analyzing western art from Karl Bodmer to Arthur Tait, and also includes artist biographies by David C. Hunt. Paper. $18.95 Cloth. $40.00
Alice C. Hudson and Barbara Cohen-Stratyner. Heading West, Touring West. Mapmakers, Performing Artists, and the American Frontier. New York, 2001. Paper. Based on two exhibitions at The New York Public Library, this volume addresses two narratives of Western settlement; the maps which charted the new territory, and the ephemera of the touring performers who entertained the settlers. The book is illustrated with many contemporary maps, prints, and photographs. $22.50
John W. Reps. Cities on Stone. Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West. Fort Worth, 1979. Cloth. Attractive Amon Carter Museum exhibition catalogue, complete with color plates and a fine introductory essay. $35.00

Jack Jackson, Robert S. Weddle, and Winston DeVille. Mapping Texas and the Gulf Coast. The Contributions of Saint-Denis, Olivan, and Le Maire. College Station, 1990. Cloth. A careful study of eighteenth-century Gulf Coast cartography, exploring the complexities of the relationship between France and Spain. $29.95
Ron Tyler, ed. Prints and Printmakers of Texas. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual North American Print Conference. Austin, 1997. Cloth. This eclectic collection of essays provides fascinating glimpses of Texas iconography, from early lithography and homeography to Dust Bowl printmaking and 1960's popular arts. Illustrated. $39.95

James D. Horan. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York, 1972 or 1986 reprint. Cloth. Out of print. Contains color reproductions of the portraits, biographical sketches of its subjects, and an historical account of its author and publication. $150.00
Christopher W. Lane. "A History of McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America." From Imprint. Volume 27, Number 2; Autumn 2002. Paper. The complete issue of Imprint, featuring the 15 page illustrated article on the publication history McKenney and Hall's American Indian portrait prints. $15.00
Davis Thomas and Karin Ronnefeldt. People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory. New York, 1976. Out of print. "The firsthand account of Prince Maximilian's expedition up the Missouri River, 1833 - 34. Watercolors by Karl Bodmer." An edited version of Maximilian's narrative, enhanced with entries from his original field journal, and plentifully illustrated with Bodmer's glorious watercolors. $75.00

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