198 Andrew Lipman, Saltwater Frontier: Native Americans and the Contest for the Northeastern Coast




Ben Franklin's World show

Summary: When we think of Native Americans, many of us think of inland dwellers. People adept at navigating forests and rivers and the skilled hunters and horsemen who lived and hunted on the American Plains. But did you know that Native Americans were seafaring mariners too? Andrew Lipman, author of The Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast, leads us on an exploration of the northeastern coastline during the seventeenth century.