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Review<br/><br/>The phrase "the real West", with its defining middle word, has become an icon of popular imagination -- and the subject of a major cultural exhibition. In this striking exhibit catalog, noted historian Patricia Nelson Limerick takes a thought-provoking look at what's "real" about the West. Americans, she states, have always asked the West for something simple, and it has answered them with something complicated. Accompanying Limerick's insightful commentary are two other essays and 30 dramatic color illustrations, and additional b/w images of western history from the collections of the Colorado Historical Society, the Denver Art Museum, and the Denver Public Library (join sponsors and originators of The Real West exhibition. -- Midwest Book Review