The Annotated Pickett's History of Alabama, And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period is a one-of-a-kind publication. It represents a major addition to the literature on the early settlement of Alabama and the Deep South. The NewSouth Books edition of the work is fully illustrated, and has been updated for contemporary readers and annotated for the first time. Significantly, the work is comprehensively indexed and carries an introduction by James P. Pate, a scholar in the field. Volumes I and II of the original work are combined in this book. Facsimile editions of Pickett's history exist, but there have been no other hardcover editions of the book in over a century. Certainly, no edition makes Pickett's masterpiece so accessible to general readers and scholars alike. The release of the NewSouth Books edition of Pickett's history is timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary in 2019 of Alabama statehood, and is likely to be the definitive edition of the History for the next 200 years.