Anne F. Hyde, a historian of the American West, is the author of Empires, Nations, and Families, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is professor of history at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.
"Through stories that are vivid, humane, and powerful, Anne F. Hyde
deftly explores families that mixed native and settler cultures in
the heart of North America. Sometimes coercive, but often mutual,
these intimate relations helped diverse peoples coexist in American
borderlands."
*Alan Taylor, author of American Republics*
"Anne F. Hyde writes compelling, boots-on-the-ground history,
telling stories that are personal, poignant, and powerful. This is
the way people really lived."
*Elizabeth A. Fenn, author of Encounters at the Heart of the
World*
"Anne F. Hyde deftly reconstructs personal lives and relationships,
charting the shift from an Indigenous and fur-trading world where
marriage, kinship, and community building transcended racial
differences to a world dominated by race and divided by
‘blood.’"
*Colin G. Calloway, author of The Indian World of George
Washington*
"A stunningly rich history of family and survival in the midst of
war, forced removal, broken treaties, and racist policies."
*Kathleen DuVal, author of Independence Lost*
"Powerful, engrossing, and humane."
*Brian DeLay, author of War of a Thousand Deserts*
"A tour de force—poignant and beautifully written."
*Andrew R. Graybill, author of The Red and the White*
"Hyde tells stories that are gripping, tragic, inspiring, and, as
she shows, essential to understanding the history of this vast
region."
*Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic*
"Born of Lakes and Plains puts Native people at the heart of a
timely new consideration of the ways that intermarriage has
confounded—and demanded—the creation of racial categories. It is
not to be missed."
*Philip J. Deloria, author of Becoming Mary Sully*
"Anne F. Hyde’s gripping account of mixed-descent families shows
how tangled the real story of this country actually is. It puts our
simple stories to shame."
*Richard White, author of Who Killed Jane Stanford?*
"[A] sweeping history….Hyde’s meticulous research and lucid prose
bring her subjects and their complex worlds and canny survival
strategies to vivid life. The result is an essential
reconsideration of Native American history."
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)*
"A searching study of the role of mixed-descent people, with
Indigenous and other ancestry, over 400 years of American
history."
*Kirkus Reviews (starred review)*
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