Do you know of any novels that deal with American expansion and the communal sense of optimism that came with exploring and taming the West? Or the slow change in mentality when they reached the Pacific Ocean and there was nothing left to explore?
das capital
>>7656552
Little house on the prairie?
>>7656552
That isn't really an accurate depiction of the American feeling at the time though.
It doesn't make sense at all.
>>7656632
maybe replace "optimism" with "entitlement", or even better "confusion". A bunch of people running around waving their flags at each other.
Blood Meridian
Read the transcendentalists
>>7656552
>American expansion
Blood Meridian
>>7656666
Dem quads
