THE AMERICAN ELSEWHERE

From the University Press of Kansas. The American Elsewhere delves into the cultural and emotional world of adventurers in the early nineteenth-century United States. With their words and images, they energized the mythologies of the West and contributed to the justifications of territorial conquest. They told stories of exhilarating perils, boundless landscapes, and erotic encounters that elevated their chauvinism, avarice, and violence into forms of nobility. As self-proclaimed avatars of American exceptionalism, adventurers transformed westward expansion into a project of romantic nationalism. For more information see The American Elsewhere.

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CURRENTLY

Despite the damage and delays caused by Tropical Storm Imelda, the USPS came through and delivered my copy of Inventing Destiny. Once again, the editorial and production team at UPK produced a handsome volume which includes 12 essays, about 30 black and white images, and 8 color plates. It comes in this paperback version, an unjacketed hardcover, and as an ebook. For more information click here.

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ELSEWHERES

Taking a look at Frances Flora Palmer's Across the Continent (1868) featured on the cover of our anthology Inventiny Destiny. Click here.