This is an English language bibliography of scholarly books and articles on the American frontier.
It is a selection from tens of thousands of titles.
See also: Bibliography of the Western United States The American frontier, also known as the "Old West", popularly known as the "Wild West", encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912.