"Long shrouded in mystery and myth, the principal entrepreneurs of the southeastern Spanish borderlands find life in this comprehensive, illuminating narrative representing a significant benchmark in Florida historical scholarship.
-- Southern Historian 'Jackson weaves a fascinating story a amazing variety of sources, primary, secondary, oral histories, and personal observations. This book is entertaining, informative, poignant and finally, to me, profoundly sad.
... Rountree concludes that the Powhatan hunted deer and other animals without regard for conservation . 31. Mooney , “ Myths of the Cherokee , ” 261–62 ( my emphasis ) ; Mooney and Olbrechts , “ The Swimmer Manuscript ...
One participant found herself embracing the modern, global Scotland, but maintained a sense of belonging to the global Scottish community, commenting that 'Scottish people have gone all over the world. They have lived everywhere and ...
Examines the Native American experience during the American Revolution.
The story of the last century and a half is yet to be told. This book has portrayed men and women from many walks of life, all with roughly the same ambition to successfully conquer and settle the unknown lands west of the Mississippi.
... A Guide to Cherokee Documents in Foreign Archives ( Metuchen , NJ / London : Scarecrow Press , 1983 ) . The authors explain their research interest as follows : " As scholars doing research in our areas of specialization ( England ...
“ The Quaker Background of William Bartram's View of Nature . ” Journal of the History of Ideas 46 ( 1985 ) : 435-48 . Coe , Joffre L. “ Cherokee Archeology . " In Symposium on Cherokee and Iroquois Culture , edited by William N. Fenton ...
Each entry is cross-referenced to other entries and also lists books for further reading. In addition, there is a detailed bibliography, timeline, and glossary.
Intended for students, scholars, and general readers of U.S. southern history, this timely book is a primer to this exciting body of work and will guide research for years to come.