A review by nick_jenkins
Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth by Henry Nash Smith

5.0

A classic work that has been (rightly) critiqued thoroughly over the years, but which has nevertheless retained a freshness and power in its efforts to bring so many disciplines and sources together. And, even if the author is not always terribly sophisticated about questions of gender and class, Nash is nevertheless aware of them in ways that many of his contemporaries were not.