The History of the American Indians

“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

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“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

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“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

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