The Historian, January 1st, 1996
In recent years historians' works dealing with the opening and the impact of the frontier have greatly increased, and their methodologies and focuses have broadened considerably. Part of this development centers on the roles played by specific individuals in the shaping of the West and has resulted in the rehabilitation of biography as a tool for understanding the process. The works of this genre attempt to go beyond narrative accounts and to locate their subjects in the larger context of frontier development. Charles Cole Jr.'s account of the life of James B. Finley fits this new model. Lion...
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