An American Geography

Thisonefamily'sjourneyacrossthe unsettledWest demonstrates howits understandings of family identity andselfhoodwere fostered. Beginning in the late 1880s each member's perspective of the past and the future evolved as they moved from the Midwest to the West and finally settled in various regions of the United States.Thischronicleoffamilymovementandcultural assimilation contains anideologyof America that often frames stories told about family and history.