Family history of John Pickens (1751-1835) and his wife, Letitia Hannah Pickens (1767-1841). They had 12 children.

The story of one of the most important Chickasaw leaders of the past 200 years, as told by a Chickasaw elder and direct descendant.

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.