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Author:

Abbott, Carl

Title:

Frontiers past and future : science fiction and the American West / Carl Abbott.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

viii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
Alternative histories (Fiction), American--History and criticism.
American fiction--West (U.S.)--History and criticism.
Western stories--History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature
Literature and history--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-218) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: launching pads -- Never final frontiers -- Beyond Alaska: Sourdoughs, Lunies, Belters, and other tough guys -- Science projects -- Johnny Appleseed, John Wayne, and homesteading on the extraterrestrial frontier -- Frontier democracy -- On the urban edge -- Information everywhere: Pacific destinies in the twenty-first century -- Bigger than Texas! Americans, our Wests, and science fiction.

ISBN:

9780700614301
0700614303 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61748277

LCCN:

2005027616

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)