Abel, Annie Heloise

Annie Heloise Abel (1873-1947) was a historical editor and writer of books dealing mainly with the trans-Mississippi West. The other two volumes of her trilogy, "The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist" (1915) and "The American Indian in the Civil War, 1862-1865" (1919), have also been reprinted as Bison Books. Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green, professors of history at the University of Kentucky, have provided an introduction.