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The sheer amountand variety of textual evidence Francaviglia brings to bear, coupled with his provocative readings of sources, makes Go East, Young Man enjoyable to read and important to our understanding of the American West's place in global history. Joshua Paddison, The Journal of Arizona History [Francaviglia's] book is of great value, particularly in its illuminating showcasing of the degree to which the American West was consistently compared to aspects of the Middle East, from desert sands and rock formations to camel caravans and mirages. These comparisons helped to establish the West as an exotic locale, markedly different from the Europe-focused eastern half of the country and having a fascination of its own. David Stanley, The Journal of Folklore Research

The sheer amount and variety of textual evidence Francaviglia brings to bear, coupled with his provocative readings of sources, makes Go East, Young Man enjoyable to read and important to our understanding of the American West's place in global history. <br>--Joshua Paddison, The Journal of Arizona History

The sheer amount and variety of textual evidence Francaviglia brings to bear, coupled with his provocative readings of sources, makes Go East, Young Man enjoyable to read and important to our understanding of the American West's place in global history. --Joshua Paddison, The Journal of Arizona History [Francaviglia's] book is of great value, particularly in its illuminating showcasing of the degree to which the American West was consistently compared to aspects of the Middle East, from desert sands and rock formations to camel caravans and mirages. These comparisons helped to establish the West as an exotic locale, markedly different from the Europe-focused eastern half of the country and having a fascination of its own. --David Stanley, The Journal of Folklore Research

The sheer amount and variety of textual evidence Francaviglia brings to bear, coupled with his provocative readings of sources, makes Go East, Young Man enjoyable to read and important to our understanding of the American West's place in global history. --Joshua Paddison, The Journal of Arizona History

The sheer amount and variety of textual evidence Francaviglia brings to bear, coupled with his provocative readings of sources, makes Go East, Young Man enjoyable to read and important to our understanding of the American West's place in global history. --Joshua Paddison, The Journal of Arizona History <p/> [Francaviglia's] book is of great value, particularly in its illuminating showcasing of the degree to which the American West was consistently compared to aspects of the Middle East, from desert sands and rock formations to camel caravans and mirages. These comparisons helped to establish the West as an exotic locale, markedly different from the Europe-focused eastern half of the country and having a fascination of its own. --David Stanley, The Journal of Folklore Research

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