HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN WEST ...

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Warren A. Beck and Ynez D. Haase (University of Oklahoma Press: $18.95; 120 pp . ). This modest, black-and-white atlas offers a wealth of practical information for anyone interested in the Old West. The 78 full-page maps trace the history of the United States west of the Mississippi, from the first European explorations through World War II, when prisoners of war and Japanese-American citizens were interned in detention camps. Aspiring Western writers will want to consult the maps showing stagecoach routes, sites of U.S. Army forts and the growth of the railroads.