The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
The Independent Review
Sep. 22, 2010

Contrary to popular perception, the Old West was much more peaceful than American cities are today. The real culture of violence on the frontier during the latter half of the nineteenth century sprang from the U.S. government’s policies toward the Plains Indians.

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