From the Bookshelf Periodic musings on books I like. Those familiar with some of the projects I have worked on know that I love the strange. I love historical topics that seem counter-intuitive, peculiar, or otherwise unique and unexpected. So, for my first “From the Bookshelf” post, I thought I would feature one such title. First, some preamble. During the summer of 2005 I took an intense 3 week, 3 credit graduate course in the U.S. West to 1890 with my then-M.A., later-Ph.D. advisor, John R. Wunder. While covering the various colonial empires that expanded across North America, he included the expected Spanish, French, and English. Then, surely with a devious grin on his face, he spent a full unit Continue readingFrom the Bookshelf – Bockstoce, Furs and Frontiers