Science Encounters the Indian, 1820-1880: The Early Years of American Ethnology | Robert E. Bieder
Brilliantly written and copiously footnoted, this book details the life and work of five central figures in the development of American anthropology: Albert Gallatin, Samuel G. Morton, Ephraim G. Squier, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Lewis Henry Morgan.Plains Anthropologist
Science Encounters the Indian, 1820-1880: The Early Years of American Ethnology | 
