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One historian wants to shatter the myth of the U.S. frontier

Megan Kate Nelson, author of “The Westerners,” wants to shatter the myth of the frontier, one of white easterners coming west in covered wagons with a nuclear family.

Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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