Pushed Off the Mountain Sold Down the River: Wyoming's Search for Its Soul

"Great survey of the relationship between Wyoming's myth and its economic history, and even better analysis of how those two match up in the minds of Wyomingites, but not in the real world. A bit weak in the "solutions" department (what we really need is a better myth?), and the next edition should probably have the last sentence edited, given that it calls for "rick, change, and hope" (which is not currently a popular call in Wyoming). "
"My main complaint is that Western focuses too much on the economic side of things, which makes sense given that he's an economist. I think both his analysis and his proposed solutions would be helped by a healthy dose of the Southern Agrarian ideas..."
From Coyle's reviews on Goodreads.com