In the decade following the Civil War, settlers claims over Indian lands in the American West turned deadly.

Every death, every killing was almost face to face.

Coming up, Daniel Sharfstein tells us about the battle between two distinguished men in American

history, reconstructionist leader General Oliver Otis Howard and Chief Joseph of the Nes

purse.

We'll hear how their conflict over identity and citizenship

still echoes in the nation today. Economic necessity has recently created a new group of

wayfaring Americans. Journalist Jessica Bruder joined the ranks of the itinerant RVers and campers

to see how they make ends meet by traveling the country to find temporary work.

It's an incredible culture and a really, really resilient,

creative, fiercely independent and protective culture.

The risks and rewards of American nomads and what the Nespers

war can teach us today. It's all in the hour ahead on travel with

Rick Steeves.

There's a new type of migration happening all across the United States.

Coming up, we'll meet a reporter who joined the ranks of the people who criss-cross our nation in vans and trailers

to perform low-wage temporary labor as a way to make ends meet.

Let's open today's travel with Rick Steves with a look at the struggle to define who gets to claim

the American dream as it played out in the years following the Civil War. In his latest historical narrative

Thunder in the Mountains, Daniel Sharfstein outlines the conflicts and ironies between a Civil War

military hero, General Oliver Otis Howard. and

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