Andrew Menard is an independent writer, artist, and critic. His work has appeared in the Georgia Review, Antioch Review, the New England Quarterly, Western American Literature, Journal of American Studies, and Oxford Art Journal. He is the author of Learning from Thoreau.
 
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
 Introduction: The Golden Meane
Part 1. Picturesque America
 The Great Desert
 The Hudson Valley
 Eastern Kansas
 Courthouse Rock
 Yellowstone
 All the Different Parts of Our Country
Part 2. Westward the Course of Empire
 The Mouth of the Oregon
 Westward the Course of Empire
 The Loftiest Peak of the Rocky Mountains
        The Barometric Reading
        The National Flag
        Bromus, the Humble Bee
        The Four Cardinal Rivers
 To the Pacific and Beyond
Afterword: The Eye That Has Not Seen
 Notes
 Index