Jean R. Soderlund is Professor Emerita of History at Lehigh University and editor of William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania: A Documentary History, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Jean R. Soderlund's Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society before William Penn is an outstanding account of the Lenape and their relationship with the Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English settlers in the seventeenth century. Challenging the traditional interpretations of European contact with the natives, Soderlund successfully proves that not only was native society significant prior to Penn's acquisition of Pennsylvania, but also the Lenape learned from the experiences of other native groups when interacting with Europeans who came to the Delaware Valley." - Pennsylvania History

Jean R. Soderlund is Professor Emerita of History at Lehigh University and editor of William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania: A Documentary History, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Jean R. Soderlund's Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society before William Penn is an outstanding account of the Lenape and their relationship with the Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English settlers in the seventeenth century. Challenging the traditional interpretations of European contact with the natives, Soderlund successfully proves that not only was native society significant prior to Penn's acquisition of Pennsylvania, but also the Lenape learned from the experiences of other native groups when interacting with Europeans who came to the Delaware Valley." - Pennsylvania History

Jean R. Soderlund is Professor Emerita of History at Lehigh University and editor of William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania: A Documentary History, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Jean R. Soderlund's Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society before William Penn is an outstanding account of the Lenape and their relationship with the Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English settlers in the seventeenth century. Challenging the traditional interpretations of European contact with the natives, Soderlund successfully proves that not only was native society significant prior to Penn's acquisition of Pennsylvania, but also the Lenape learned from the experiences of other native groups when interacting with Europeans who came to the Delaware Valley." - Pennsylvania History