The West Point Landscape: 1802-1860

Jon C. Malinowski, PhD

Through the use of maps and historical graphics, readers gain a better understanding of some of the rich, early history of West Point. Extensively researched but presented in an accessible way, this heavily illustrated work chronicles the landscape history of the United States Military Academy from 1802 to 1860.

ISBN 978-1-959631-06-4 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-959631-05-7 (ebook)

What People Are Saying

  • "The book makes a significant contribution to the history of the United States Military Academy and to readers interested in cartography and architecture. It stands as a definitive reference resource. Based on sound scholarship, the research is wide-ranging and deep. The book will appeal to geographers, architects, and a general audience, including military historians, interested in USMA’s history."

    James. M. Johnson, PhD

    Dr. Frank T. Bumpus Chair in Hudson River Valley History, Marist College

    Executive Director of the Hudson River Valley Institute

  • "This is an important and authoritative academic source regarding the physical development of the Academy, including the reasons why West Point needed to change and expand over the first sixty years of its existence as the US Military Academy. It includes the most in-depth knowledge of the Academy’s architecture (much of it still standing, though not always in the original locations) and is a major source of information regarding the early history of the Academy."

    Colonel Seanegan Sculley, PhD

    Academy Professor, West Point Department of History

Meet the Author

Jon C. Malinowski, PhD

Raised in Springfield, Vermont, Jon earned a BSFS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1991. He holds an MA and PhD in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught at West Point since 1995.

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