“Spanning over two centuries, this sparkling new history offers an invigorating and in-depth view of a distinctive state and the long and fascinating journey of its people, the Hoosiers.”

“Who are the people called Hoosiers? What are their stories? Two centuries ago, on the Indiana frontier, they were settlers who created a way of life they passed to later generations. They came to value individual freedom and distrusted government, even as they demanded that government remove Indians, sell them land, and bring democracy. The present has brought new issues and challenges, as Indiana's citizens respond to a rapidly changing world. James H. Madison's sparkling new history tells the stories of these Hoosiers, offering an invigorating view of one of America's distinctive states and the long and fascinating journey of its people.”

“[A] broad mosaic of Indiana identity . . . while some pieces might not be pretty, nearly all of them are intriguing in their complexity. And for forebears as with reading, we'll take intriguing over pretty any day.”
 — Indianapolis Monthly

“Hoosiers [is] an engaging, valuable interpretation of one state's history that deserves attention from scholars and the public. ”
 — Journal of American History

“Comprehensive and engagingly written, Hoosiers is the best one-volume history of the state.”
 — Nicole Etcheson, Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History, Ball State University