William A. Read (1869-1962) was an internationally educated and renowned linguist whose career included 38 years as a professor of English at Louisiana State University. His writings spanned five decades and have been instrumental across a wide range of academic disciplines. Most importantly, Read devoted a good portion of his research to the meaning of place names in the southeastern United States - especially as they related to Indian word adoption by Europeans.This volume includes his three Louisiana articles combined:
Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin
(1927),
More Indian Place-Names in Louisiana
(1928), and
Indian Words
(1931). Joining Alabama’s reprint of
Indian Place Names in Alabama
and
Florida Place Names of Indian Origin
and
Seminole Personal Names , this volume completes the republication of the southern place name writings of William A. Read.