Book Recommendation: The Chickasaws

Richard Green

Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1971, this highly recommended book covers the Chickasaws from prehistory to statehood in 1907. For Richard and many others, it has provided an excellent entrée to Chickasaw history.

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