"Not only did Day 'pioneer' a new field, but his publications remain basic sources today for anyone at all interested in this field. His articles are superb examples of ethnohistoric methodology. ... I would add that Day's prose is an absolute pleasure to read." - William A. Haviland, authro of The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants Past and Present - "These essays confirm the astonishing breadth of Day's interest an scholarship and the meticulous, disciplined way he conducted research and wrote. Before Day began is work, scholars knew virtually nothing about the Western Abenakis and the Indian history of northwestern New England. This volume has the virtue of pulling together his most important pieces." - Neal Salisbury, author of Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643.
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This volume highlights the work of the late Gordon M. Day, renowned for his groundbreaking research on the history and culture of the Western Abenakis and their Indian neighbors. Drawing on several disciplines, Day synthesized data from fragmentary historical records, oral traditions, and place names to reconstruct a lost world. 8 illustrations.
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