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Patricia Nelson Limerick (born May 17 1951) is an American historian considered to be one of the leading historians of the American West. She was born and raised in Banning California. Limerick received a B.A. in American Studies in 1972 from the University of California Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. in American Studies in 1980 from Yale University. She worked at Harvard University as an Assistant Professor from 1980 to 1984.