Writer
Megan Kate Nelson
Historian
The Westerners tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories.
Nelson roots this bold new history of the American West in the deep research and gripping storytelling that have garnered her critical acclaim. Highlighting the perseverance and ingenuity of the communities that have otherwise been forgotten or erased from history, The Westerners challenges us to reimagine who we are and where we came from.
“Megan Kate Nelson’s great gift as a historian and as a writer is finding the connected threads of the sprawling story of the place we call the United States.”
— Los Angeles Review of Books
MEGAN KATE NELSON is a historian, cocktail enthusiast, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the author of five books.
Her forthcoming book, The Westerners: Myth-Making and Belonging on the American Frontier tells two richly detailed and interwoven stories.