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The End of the Myth

From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
  • Greg Grandin
2019
Metropolitan Books

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Featured Excerpts

  • Book Review

    The Myth of the American Frontier

    Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.
    by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on April 1, 2019
  • Book Review

    When the Frontier Becomes the Wall

    What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.
    by Francisco Cantú via The New Yorker on March 4, 2019
  • Book Excerpt

    How Violent American Vigilantes at the Border Led to Trump’s Wall

    From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.
    by Greg Grandin via The Guardian on February 28, 2019

Associated Excerpts

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F. D. R. looks intently across a table at Brazilian President Getulio Vargas during a meal.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Christy Thornton and Greg Grandin discuss his new book, “America, América,” and the intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America.
by Greg Grandin, Christy Thornton via The Baffler on May 30, 2025
Cover of "America, América" by Greg Grandin.

The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality

Greg Grandin’s new book tells the story of US expansionism and its complex relationship with the rest of the New World.
by Ieva Jusionyte via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 23, 2025
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