ANDREW K. FRANK is associate professor of history at Florida State University. He is the author of Before the Pioneers: Indians, Settlers, Slaves, and the Founding of Miami and Creeks and Southerne...view moreANDREW K. FRANK is associate professor of history at Florida State University. He is the author of Before the Pioneers: Indians, Settlers, Slaves, and the Founding of Miami and Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier.view less