by William A. Read
edited by James B. McMillan
University of Alabama Press, 1984
eISBN: 978-0-8173-8472-2 | Paper: 978-0-8173-0231-3 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-0230-6
Library of Congress Classification E78.A28R43 1984
Dewey Decimal Classification 917.6100321

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK

"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 Foreword

Originally 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.