From the Book - First edition.
ch. 1. Where the West is and why people have gone there --
ch. 2. From time immemorial to 1848 --
ch. 3. United States captures its West, 1848-1889 --
ch. 4. Defying the Depression, 1889-1901 --
ch. 5. Golden twilight of the settlement frontier, 1901-1913 --
ch. 6. Tourists, honyockers, Mexicans, and more, 1914-1929 --
ch. 7. Dust Bowl and Depression, 1929-1941 --
ch. 8. War, the Baby Boom, and slouching toward Watts, 1941-1965 --
ch. 9. "Where it all starts," 1965-1987 --
ch. 10. Leading edge, 1987-1998.
From the Book - 1st Vintage Books ed.
ch. 1. Where the West is and why people have gone there --
ch. 2. From time immemorial to 1848 --
ch. 3. United States captures its West, 1848-1889 --
ch. 4. Defying the Depression, 1889-1901 --
ch. 5. Golden twilight of the settlement frontier, 1901-1913 --
ch. 6. Tourists, honyockers, Mexicans, and more, 1914-1929 --
ch. 7. Dust Bowl and Depression, 1929-1941 --
ch. 8. War, the Baby Boom, and slouching toward Watts, 1941-1965 --
ch. 9. "Where it all starts," 1965-1987 --
ch. 10. Leading edge, 1987-1998.