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An Award-Winning Book

  Bancroft Prize (1990)

  Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians (1990)

  Frederick Jackson Turner Award (1990)

“The Indians’ New World is closely argued from an astonishing amount of evidence, and it is lucidly written. Not omitting description of the calamities that befell the Indians, it is nonetheless not a ‘Lo, the poor Indian’ catalogue of woes; rather, it emphasizes the ingenuity and strength of will by which the Catawbas coped with disasater and preserved their identity as a people. Only a genuine scholar and fascinating writer could have paid tribute as James Merrell has done.”

“This stunning history of the Catawbas—and their black and white neighbors—sets a new standard for the field. Merrel’’s book bristles with new insights and skilled decoding of difficult evidence. After reading this book, all those involved in teaching early American history should want to alter their perspective.”