Osprey books are difficult to review because different folks buy them for different reasons. I buy them because I play historical miniature games, and I hope they help me paint my figures and inform me a bit more about the topic.

Generally, Osprey books tackle topics that are too large for their limited space. This is one of them. 50 pages of text to tackle the topic of Woodland Indians-their cultural differences, history, dress, weapons, tactics, etc., is pretty daunting. 5,000 pages might not do the job. It seems to me that author Johnson and the publisher might have served their readers better with a little more focus. The plates are nice, some with as many as six figures, but I believe that separate books for each of the three different language groups identified in the text would better serve the reader.. ( )