In 1840, the territories of the American West were owned by the Mexican Empire after it achieved independence from Spain in 1821, after an 11-year war. Its themes include courage, origin stories, and the nature of civilization. The title of this work comes from a Sam Walter Foss poem called “The Coming American,” which opens: “Bring me men to match my mountains Men with empires in their purpose.” Men to Match My Mountains remains widely read for the scope of its historical sources as well as for Stone’s storytelling abilities. Stone, who died in 1989, remains most famous for his fictional biographies of Vincent van Gogh and Michelangelo. Stone attributes their efforts to the current culture and economic success of the American West. The nonfiction historical novel follows a few dozen individuals who helped shape the 19th-century American presence in areas now known as California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Men to Match My Mountains: The Monumental Saga of the Winning of America’s Far West was written in 1956 by California author Irving Stone.
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