"Lydia Maria Child's novel Hobomokis a fascinating read, both visionary and problematic in its depiction of the explosive effects of European settlement on Indigenous peoples of North America. Tiffany Potter's new edition provides reviews, maps, historical documents, and--crucially--Indigenous perspectives that enable readers to appreciate the novel's significance and moral complexity. It confirms Child as one of the foremost intellectuals of her generation, seen here at the beginning of her lifetime of political engagement. A wonderful resource for a captivating book." -- Lydia L. Moland, Colby College "Nearly 40 years after Carolyn Karcher's groundbreaking recovery of Hobomok, this new scholarly edition of Child's fascinating and important novel is very long overdue, and provides a valuable scholarly and historical framework essential to understanding the novel and its significance within the history of U.S. literary nationalism and the politics of race and gender more generally.

Editor Tiffany Potter has performed a great service to both students and scholars of this formative era of U.S. literary history in presenting for the first time the original novel in relation to a range of historical documents that contextualize and bring into relief its many fascinating and historically significant elements. These materials, as well as the editor's astute introduction and wealth of explanatory notes, also provide a fuller picture of the novel's influences and reception, as well as its place within Child's developing career as an author and activist, and within the broader project of nationalist mythmaking with which so many authors of the time were engaged. The editor strikes just the right balance in providing in-depth scholarly explanations of the relevant historical contexts but in a concise, streamlined form that will be of great use to students in the classroom, and to scholars and general readers as well." -- James Salazar, Temple University "Situating Child's first novel within the author's engagement with and departures from existing genres and alongside histories of her fictionalized setting, Tiffany Potter's edition renders this still under-studied and complex novel more thoroughly comprehensible and accessible. Potter's clear introductory framing offers a frank discussion of Child's literary and activist career, acknowledging both her radicality for her time and her severe shortcomings as a would-be ally to Indigenous people. The supplementary materials included here add essential historical context for the novel, Child's career, and beyond.

The resources presenting Indigenous histories, personal narrative, and literature will be particularly useful for developing a more comprehensive understanding of this novel's importance and limitations. This edition of Hobomokwill serve new and familiar readers of Child's novel for years to come." -- Brigitte Fielder, University of Wisconsin-Madison.