William Wyckoff is an American geographer. He is professor emeritus of geography at Montana State University.
In 2023, he received Lifetime Achievement Honors from the American Association of Geographers.
Books
- The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape (Yale University Press, 1988)
- with Lary Dilsaver The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography (Nebraska Press, 1995)
- Creating Colorado: The Making of a Western American Landscape (Yale University Press, 1999)
- On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape (Washington Press, 2006)
- How to Read the American West: A Field Guide (University of Washington Press, 2014)
- Mac McCloud's Five Points: Photographing Black Denver, 1938–1975 (2023)
References
- "William Wyckoff - Ivan Doig Center | Montana State University".
- "2023 AAG Awards Recognition". 11 January 2023.
- Wood, Joseph S. (1989). "Review of The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape". Geographical Review. 79 (2): 264–266. doi:10.2307/215548. JSTOR 215548.
- Wright, John B. (1996). "Review of The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography". Geographical Review. 86 (4): 620–622. doi:10.2307/215940. JSTOR 215940.
- Page, Brian (2002). "Review of Creating Colorado: The Making of a Western American Landscape, 1860-1940". Great Plains Research. 12 (1): 187–189. JSTOR 23780017.
- Van West, Carroll (2006). "On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape by William Wyckoff (review)". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 107 (4): 632–634. doi:10.1353/ohq.2006.0000. Project MUSE 831196.
- Blake, Kevin (2 January 2016). "How to Read the American West: A Field Guide". The AAG Review of Books. 4 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1080/2325548X.2016.1117333.