The Last Lost Tribe in America

"Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America by Elizabeth Hirschman
A message from the author:

I've sent to the www.melungeons.com website a brief overview of each chapter in my forthcoming book 'Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America'. I hope this will clarify what the book proposes and what sources of evidence are used. I believe the book may now be advance-ordered from Mercer University Press. It contains nine chapters and uses a variety of documentary sources including historical writings, genealogies, archeological excavations, ethnography, religious traditions, migration patterns, naming practices and genetic testing data to support the thesis that the earliest non-Native settlers in Appalachia (ca. early 1500's CE onward) were Sephardic Jews and Muslim Moors who had been displaced from Iberia. It contains also several photographs, maps, charts and appendices, most of which have not been presented before in discussions of Melungeon/early Appalachian settlement.

1. Melungeon Mythology: Who Are We and How Did We Get Here?"

Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America