A grizzly bear stands on a rock overlooking Glacier National Park in Montana. The bear's range in North America has been significantly reduced over the past century. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

Since the very beginning, the US has based its growth on the conquest of new geographical or political frontiers. In this ...

Forging a “United States” identity from its component colonies, states, and regional cultures has been a challenge from the moment the federation was created. In 1776, people thought of themselves as ...

Historians know that the “Myth of the Frontier” has been a consistent part of American language and culture for well more than two centuries at least. Stephen Mexal’s book “Reading for Liberalism” has ...

Local scholar’s essay says long‑standing U.S. Klondike myths continue to shape Yukon’s visual identity and heritage ...

Introduction: the significance of the frontier myth in American history -- pt. 1. The mythology of progressivism, 1880-1902 -- The winning of the West: Theodore Roosevelt's frontier thesis, 1880-1900 ...

Mr. Slotkin is the author of “A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Struggle for America.” Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their appeals to the American electorate on the basis of ...

A GREAT DISORDER: National Myth and the Battle for America. By Richard Slotkin. Belknap Press. 528 pages. $37.95. The French philosopher Voltaire famously quipped that the Holy Roman Empire, which ...