Essay #1 The wide open frontier a place of freedom and promise. Fredrick Jackson Turner states that the frontier changed almost every aspect of the pioneer making them distinctly American. Unfortunately, Turner's thesis as it is called is not true in all aspects. Many historians including Carl Degler who wrote the book "Out of Our Past" disagree with the cultural aspect of the thesis. Throughout his book he cites many pieces of evidence that prove Turner's …showed first 75 words of 551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 551 total…he does the exact opposite, he tries his hardest to duplicate the life he had in the thirteen civilized colonies. In conclusion you can easily prove Turner's thesis wrong by looking at just three small parts of Carl Degler's book "Out of Our Past". If you just look at the person, the states, and the economic situation of the person you can find countless amounts of information and eyewitness counts to prove Turner's thesis wrong.