Invasion of the Territory of Alabama, by One Thousand Spaniards. Sort Date, 1846 Time Period, 1840-1849 Subject, Pickett, Albert James, 1810-1858 Alabama-History-To 1819 Alabama-History-1819-1951 Original Format. The narrative shifts from the early chiefdoms of the protohistoric period to the Natchez and smaller tribes in the coastal plain and then to the major Indian nations of the interior into the late eighteenth century. Shop for Albert james pickett products online at discounted prices on Ubuy Uganda. William Gilmore Simms, the South's most prolific writer, called it "one of the prettiest specimens of book making ever done in America." Newspapers and literary journals commended Pickett's "absolutely enchanting" fresh style and "his important service to his state." Volume one covered De Soto's explorations from Florida to Arkansas, encounters with native people, and discovery of the Mississippi River. Demand for the $3 set caused Charleston publisher Walker and James to issue a second and third edition before year's end.
Albert James Pickett's two-volume History of Alabama, and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period first appeared in September 1851.
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