The book's goal is to reveal what Native Americans observed and thought during their visits to provide a greater understanding of their varied roles and agency within the colonial world ... through newspaper accounts, memoirs, and other primary sources, he succeeds in weaving a valuable, interesting, and credible narrative about indigenous Americans' experiences with and roles in the colonial world.
Colin G. Calloway is John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Native American Studies at Dartmouth College. He is the author of several books, most recently The Indian World of George Washington (OUP 2018), which was a National Book Award Finalist, and which won the Excellence in American History Book Award from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the George Washington Book Prize.