Description: Hudson masterfully chronicles both De Soto's expedition and the native societies he visited. A blending of archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.
Review Quotes:
This book will stand as the most thorough analysis of the De Soto expedition produced since the 1930s.
--Vernon J. Knight Jr. "coeditor of The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543 "