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Hi everybody, from Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.

It is wonderful to have you all here and thanks so much for joining me.

It's summer time, and I hope that means that you all are getting a chance to do some

pleasure reading, preferably on a beach or at a cabin or next to a lake or wherever makes

you happy.

I'm doing some pleasure reading myself.

I recently finished a book entitled Indigenous Continent, the Epic Contest for North America,

by the Finnish historian Peca Himalainen.

I've talked about Himalainen's work a few times over the years, especially his wonderful

first book, The Comanche Empire, which really changed how I thought about power in the indigenous

peoples of the Americas.

To help us get a better grasp on Indigenous Continent, I'm joined by one of Tides of

History's returning champions, our most frequent guest over the past six years.

Dr. Keith Plymer's is one of my oldest and dearest friends in addition to being assistant

professor of history at Illinois State University, a former postdoctoral instructor at Caltech,

and the author of the book No Wood, No Kingdom, political ecology in the English Atlantic.

Keith, thanks so much for being here.

How the heck are you?

I'm doing great.

It's great to be back on Tides yet again.

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