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Richard Slotkin
Richard Slotkin has been recognized as one of the leading scholars of American cultural history. He has won awards for nonfiction writing on American history, and for historical fi...view moreRichard Slotkin has been recognized as one of the leading scholars of American cultural history. He has won awards for nonfiction writing on American history, and for historical fiction. His books include Regeneration Through Violence (1973), which won the Albert Beveridge Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist; The Fatal Environment (1985), which won the Little Big Horn Associates Literary Award; and Gunfighter Nation (1992), a National Book Award Finalist. His novel Abe (2000) won the Michael Shaara Prize for Civil War Fiction. He retired in 2008 as Olin Professor of American Studies (Emeritus) at Wesleyan University.view less
Books by Richard Slotkin
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greenhorns: stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5