The History of the American Indians

“Dr. Braund’s impeccable scholarship and her thorough knowledge of the British colonial Southeast are evident in this new edition. At once authoritative and approachable by modern readers, her edition will introduce a new generation to this fascinating work and encourage fresh considerations of an all but forgotten masterpiece of colonial America.”
—Gregory A. Waselkov, University of South Alabama
 

“This publication brings together an accomplished historical editor and acknowledged expert on the southern Indian trade with one of the most widely-cited, but least-available, contemporary texts on the subject. A very welcome new edition adhering to modern standards of documentary editing and providing a useful critical apparatus.”
—Patricia Galloway, University of Texas
 

“Adair’s History is a crucial primary account of America’s southeastern Indian tribes—the Cherokee, Catawba, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw—during the 18th century. . . . Adair’s prose falls somewhere between Edward Gibbon’s and James Fenimore Cooper’s: by turns magisterial, windy and vividly concrete. . . . Braund, the editor of this fine edition, . . .has mined the archives to enlighten readers on Adair’s years as a major player on the Anglo-Indian frontier--roughly 1738 to 1768.”
—Wall Street Journal