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Title: One of the only history books I've bought
Review: Yes, the title of my review is correct; this is one of the only history books that I have purchased in cash for use on a school project. "The Legacy of Conquest" is a good history book, and it is a good work on the West from a so-called "modern" perspective, whatever that means. Although it appears to be essentially comprehensive in its treatment of the expansion period, it is at times episodic, and subjects that Ms. Limerick favors understandably are given more coverage. By the way, although it's a good book, I didn't buy it because I was enthralled, I bought it because I couldn't find it at the library. If you want a fantastic, heavy, huge, and totally comprehensive survery of western expansion, the best book by far to get your hands on is Ray Allen Billington's "Westward Expansion," which I believe is now out of print.
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