ENGLISH

Indian Place Names in Alabama

By William A. Read

Book information

Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Year
1984
ISBN
0817302301, 9780817302306
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1575877 bytes)
Pages
128\124
Time added
2017-03-19 20:04:41
Geography;Historic;Information Systems;Regional;Ea

Description

"What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians, geographers, and students of the English language, can be answered only by study of the origins and history of the Indian names that dot the map of Alabama.—from the ForewordOriginally published by Professor Read in 1937, this volume was revised, updated, and annotated in 1984 by James B. McMillan and remains the single best compedium on the topic.

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