Max E. White of Piedmont College has produced a concise history of Native Americans in Georgia from their origins some 12,000 years ago to the present. Georgia is a rich land, and over 12 millennia it supported large numbers of people, but they were eventually overcome by the European invasion. No tribes remain in Georgia today, the surviving Creeks and Cherokees having been forcibly relocated to Oklahoma.
White draws on an extensive body of archaeological and historical data to tell the story of these people and their impressive accomplishments. The giant mounds at Etowah and the impressive remains at Ocmulgee, preserved today as state and national parks, bear witness to rich and powerful past cultures.
Max White has produced a very readable account of this story. Each chapter begins with fictional vignettes that create a sense of time and place. The volume is replete with maps, photographs and illustrations.
