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Week 1: An American Wilderness This week’s readings focus on early Americans’ views of wilderness, and they often seem contradictory

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Week 1: An American Wilderness

This week’s readings focus on early Americans’ views of wilderness, and they often seem contradictory. Sometimes it was a place of evil, danger, and corruption, and other times it was a source of artistic inspiration, economic strength, or national pride. Clearly, “wilderness” conjured up a variety of images! In your view, who made the most effective use of the idea of wilderness? What made it effective?