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Richard Slotkin

Bio

Richard Slotkin has been recognized as one of the leading scholars of American cultural history. He has won awards for nonfiction writing on American history, and for historical fiction. His books include Regeneration Through Violence (1973), which won the Albert Beveridge Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist; The Fatal Environment (1985), which won the Little Big Horn Associates Literary Award; and Gunfighter Nation (1992), a National Book Award Finalist. His novel Abe (2000) won the Michael Shaara Prize for Civil War Fiction. He retired in 2008 as Olin Professor of American Studies (Emeritus) at Wesleyan University.

Richard Slotkin Books

The Return of Henry Starr book cover

The Return of Henry Starr

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The Fatal Environment book cover

The Fatal Environment

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Gunfighter Nation book cover

Gunfighter Nation

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Regeneration Through Violence book cover

Regeneration Through Violence

Richard Slotkin
Greenhorns book cover

Greenhorns

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Lost Battalions book cover

Lost Battalions

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The Long Road to Antietam book cover

The Long Road to Antietam

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No Quarter book cover

No Quarter

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The Last of the Mohicans book cover

The Last of the Mohicans

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