Richard Slotkin is a cultural critic and historian. He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. His award-winning trilogy on the myth of the frontier in America, which is comprised of "Regeneration Through Violence", "The Fatal Environment", and "Gunfighter Nation" offers an original and highly provocative interpretation of the United States' national experience. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Richard Slotkin. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Slotkin