Making of an American Community: Case Study of Democracy in a Frontier Country

This historical survey of Trempealeau County (Wisconsin) at the grass roots is one of the most significant studies to have appeared in an ever-growing list of works on the American frontier. . .This book is an excellent local history and a contribution to the debate over the Turner hypothesis, but its greatest significance lies in the field of historical methodology. It reads well for a detailed narrative larded with statistics and demonstrates the wisdom inherent in considering all possible methods and interpretations when attacking a problem.