BCHS 250th Lecture Series: The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West.
Thu, Mar 26
|Location is Zoom
Author Paul Hutton will speak by Zoom. His topic will be what was happening on the American frontier during the American Revolutionary War.
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:20 PM
Location is Zoom
Guests
About the Event
Takes place by way of Zoom.
The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West.
By author Paul Hutton
The book is a historical work that deconstructs the myth of the American frontier by examining the period from 1755 to 1890 through the lives of seven key figures: Daniel Boone, Red Eagle, Davy Crockett, Mangas Coloradas, Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill Cody. The book explores the heroic conquest, violence, exploitation, and environmental destruction that shaped the West, presenting a complex narrative of both triumph and tragedy. It is praised as a definitive history that reveals the true story behind the creation myth of the American West.