Review of  by Irvin M. Peithmann (St. Petersburg, Fla., The Great Outdoors Association, 1956. 96 pp. Illustrations, $1.00.

Covington, James W.

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Florida Historical Quarterly Volume 36 Number 2 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol 36, Issue 2 Article 8 1957 Book Review: The Unconquered Seminole Indians James W. Covington  Part of the American Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Florida Historical Quarterly by an authorized editor of STARS. For more information, please contact STARS@ucf.edu. Recommended Citation Covington, James W. (1957) "Book Review: The Unconquered Seminole Indians," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 36 : No. 2 , Article 8. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol36/iss2/8 BOOK  REVIEWS 171The Unconquered Seminole Indians by Irvin M. Peithmann (St.Petersburg, Fla., The Great Outdoors Association, 1956.96 pp. Illustrations, $1.00.)Irvin Peithmann, Research Assistant in the Outdoor Rec-reation and Education Department at Southern Illinois Uni-versity, has compiled an excellent array of pictures depictingthe history of the Seminole Indians in Florida. This paper-bound edition contains photographs of Seminole artifacts in theSmithsonian Institution, portraits of outstanding Seminole leaders,present day views of nineteenth century battlegrounds and vari-ous scenes of present-day Indian life. The photographs takenby Peithmann during his recent visits to the Seminole reserva-tions are the outstanding feature of the book.This reviewer can highly recommend The UnconqueredSeminoles as a book suitable for the general reader who is inter-ested in the American Indian. The text is well balanced andis quite complete concerning the history of this unique tribe.The Unconquered Seminoles is now being sold with a great dealof success in various places accessible to the general public.Perhaps the only unsatisfactory note to this reviewer is thereference to King Philip as a “half-breed.” All friends of theIndians, and I am certain that Peithmann is included in thegroup, call such offspring of mixed marriages as being part-In-dian, half-Indian, etc. Use of this word in Oklahoma wherethere is much intermarriage between Indian and white wouldbe indeed unwise.The word half-breed is not used at  al l  by present daywriters in denoting the persons of Indian descent and shouldbe used to explain the parenthood of livestock and not humanbeings.JAMES  W. C OVINGTONUniversity of Tampa1Covington: Book Review: The Unconquered Seminole IndiansPublished by STARS, 1957

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