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Maps that engage both the viewers' intellect and their aesthetic sense... A high quality publication at an amazingly low price... Highly recommended. --Library Journal The maps are intriguing, and the accompanying text and captioned illustrations provide enough detail for the casual reader and context for the researcher. --Booklist Shows knowledge expanding map by map; Native pueblos, early trails, railways, highways, parks and cities. --Via

Maps that engage both the viewers' intellect and their aesthetic sense... A high quality publication at an amazingly low price... Highly recommended. Library Journal 20091101 Historical Atlas of the American West is useful... [and] a worthwhile acquisition. Southern California Quarterly 20110208 The maps are intriguing, and the accompanying text and captioned illustrations provide enough detail for the casual reader and context for the researcher. Booklist 20100215 Shows knowledge expanding map by map; Native pueblos, early trails, railways, highways, parks and cities. Via 20091101 Anyone who loves gazing at vintage maps will enjoy spending hours with the Historical Atlas of the American West. Bookloons Reviews 20100714 Deserves to hold a prominent place on the bookshelves of any who have even the smallest interest in ... the American West. -- Andrew Dunlop Canadian Journal Of History 20110627 A book that will provide hours of enjoyment, this oversized volume will delight anyone interested in western history. -- Bob Walch Coast Traveler 20100714 This volume is certainly an authoritative and attractive reference. -- Kevin Blake Montana The Magazine Of Western History 20110614 A splendidly guided tour through legend, perception, time and place. -- Susan Snyder California Historian 20110701 [Hayes] takes the reader on a visually and intellectually stimulating tour of the American West across several hundred years of map making. -- J Clark Archer Great Plains Qtly 20110201

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Derek Hayes is the author of Historical Atlas of the United States, Historical Atlas of California, and Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, among other books.

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