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Book SynopsisUndertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, and the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers.
Trade Review"A treatise on how we seek solace in the arms of illusion and come away empty and confused. Partisan, painful, provocative, funny, sad, brilliant commentary."-Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune "An intellectual delight."-Western American Literature Western American Literature "A brilliantly crafted eye-opener of a book that points to some of the most important errors in history that have cast a shadow on the concept of the American dream since the first encounters between tribal nations and the colonizers."-Southwestern American Literature Southwestern American Literature "Exceptional, an important 'crossover' book for western studies... It is one of the first fine cultural studies texts in western history."-Western Historical Quarterly Western Historical Quarterly
