"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