“As Schake notes in this highly informative and entertaining book on La Charrette, the history of North America is that of various peoples—Asian, African, and European—coming together in many different settings, none of which are any more or less valuable than the others” was F. Todd Smith’s assessment of La Charrette’s unique diversities. Dr. Smith, associate professor of history, University of North Texas, Denton, specializes in the American frontier borderlands and Native Americans.

Another Smith and professor of history, this one named Stephen E. at Southwest Missouri State University, has his review posted HERE. (Scroll over the first dozen or so reviews to get to La Charrette.)