Paul Andrew Hutton

Tara Walch

Paul Andrew Hutton is the author of "The Undiscovered Country." An American cultural historian, documentary writer and television personality, he is also distinguished professor of history emreritus at the University of New Mexico, former executive director of the Western History Association, and past president of the Western Writers of America. He is currently Tate Endowed Chair of Western History and interim curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming.

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Awards: Western Heritage Award (six times)Organization of American Historians Ray Billington Prize; Western Writers of America Spur Award (six times)

Books:

The Undiscovered Country

Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West
History / Biography
Penguin Group
August 2025
ISBN 9781524746131
576 pages

The Undiscovered Country strips away the layers of myth to reveal the true story of this first epoch of American history. From the forests of Pennsylvania and Kentucky to the snow-crested California Sierras, and from the harsh deserts of the Southwest to the buffalo range of the Great Plains, Paul Andrew Hutton masterfully chronicles a story that defined America and its people. From Braddock’s 1755 defeat to the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, he unfolds a grand narrative steeped in romantic impulses and tragic consequences. More/less

The Apache Wars

The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
History / Biography
Crown
May 2017
ISBN 9780770435837
528 pages