History of Alabama by Albert James Pickett

In volume two, Pickett follows the English into present-day Alabama and Mississippi and the Revolutionary War era, the Spanish occupation of East and West Florida, the intrigues of Alexander McGillivray and William Bowles, and Georgia's Yazoo land sales. While the struggles of French Louisiana with the Natchez dominate the first volume, Pickett establishes the English presence with the founding of Oglethorpe's Georgia colony and ends with the surrender of the French forts Tombecbé and Toulouse. The narrative shifts from the early chiefdoms of the protohistoric period to the Natchez and smaller tribes in the coastal plain and then to the major Indian nations of the interior into the late eighteenth century. William Gilmore Simms, the South's most prolific writer, called it 'one of the prettiest specimens of book making ever done in America.' Newspapers and literary journals commended Pickett's 'absolutely enchanting' fresh style and 'his important service to his state.' Volume one covered De Soto's explorations from Florida to Arkansas, encounters with native people, and discovery of the Mississippi River. Demand for the $3 set caused Charleston publisher Walker and James to issue a second and third edition before year's end. Summary: 'Albert James Pickett's two-volume History of Alabama, and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period first appeared in September 1851. Details Standardized Title: History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period Other Title: Pickett's history of Alabama and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period Subjects: Indians of North America - Gulf States - History.

History of Alabama by Albert James Pickett