 Some excellent podcasts from the "In Our Time" team.
Custer's Last Stand Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. The American West Melvyn Bragg explores the myths and harsh reality of the 19th century American pioneers. With guests Frank McLynn, Christopher Frayling and Jenni Calder. Download 13MB (right click & "save target as / link as")
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 I have attached a copy of the latest newsletter from the Western Historical Association. Some great little articles in this quarter including:
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Wild Bill Hicock and wagon trains - familiar images of pioneer spirit, but a more complex and less triumphalist view of how the American frontier moved West is explained by Margaret Walsh. http://www.historytoday.com/margaret-walsh/new-horizons-american-west
Chapter 1 of Turner's book. 
Almost like an aide to the Thinking Allowed programme. A chart showing basic changes in American Historiography from the Turnerian Frontier theory to the New Western Historians. Click the link below to download or view the file.
Excellent overview of schools of thought in the American West field. Click the link below to listen to or download the file. 
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