Jamestown Narratives
Author: Edward Wright Haile
Publisher: Roundhouse
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 946
ISBN-13: 9780966471205
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Richard of Jamestown
Author: James Otis
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: 2008-11-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781437859072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollow the fortunes of orphan Richard Mutton as he travels to the New World with Captain John Smith and takes up residence with him in the new colony of Jamestown. See the struggles they go through to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table while the majority of their fellow colonists shirk the work of establishing the colony for the pursuit of gold. Observe how their relationships with the native Americans change over time and how, when they are just on the point of abandoning the colony, a new contingent of colonists arrives to bring fresh hope to the Jamestown settlement. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
Love and Hate in Jamestown
Author: David A. Price
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2005-01-04
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1400031729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rare balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the dawning of our nation.
The Jamestown Colony Disaster
Author: Marcia Amidon Lusted
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2016-08-01
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13: 1512421286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1607, settlers from England established the Jamestown colony in North America. Unfamiliar with the land, they struggled to find food, and many fell victim to disease. As tension grew between the settlers and Powhatan American Indians who had lived on the land for generations, violence broke out. Would the Jamestown colony end in failure? To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did the settlers' attitude toward the Powhatan tribes result in violence? Did the settlers' search for gold blind them to the need for other necessities? Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out!
A Land As God Made It
Author: James Horn
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008-07-31
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0786721987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive history of the Jamestown colony, the crucible of American history Although it was the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown is too often overlooked in the writing of American history. Founded thirteen years before the Mayflower sailed, Jamestown's courageous settlers have been overshadowed ever since by the pilgrims of Plymouth. But as historian James Horn demonstrates in this vivid and meticulously researched account, Jamestown-not Plymouth-was the true crucible of American history. Jamestown introduced slavery into English-speaking North America; it became the first of England's colonies to adopt a representative government; and it was the site of the first white-Indian clashes over territorial expansion. A Land As God Made It offers the definitive account of the colony that give rise to America.
The Jamestown Experiment
Author: Tony Williams
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-02-01
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1402245661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American dream was built along the banks of the James River in Virginia. The settlers who established America's first permanent English colony at Jamestown were not seeking religious or personal freedom. They were comprised of gentlemen adventurers and common tradesmen who risked their lives and fortunes on the venture and stood to reap the rewards—the rewards of personal profit and the glory of mother England. If they could live long enough to see their dream come to life. The Jamestown Experiment is the dramatic, engaging, and tumultuous story of one of the most audacious business efforts in Western history. It is the story of well-known figures like John Smith setting out to create a source of wealth not bestowed by heritage. As they struggled to make this dream come true, they would face relentless calamities, including mutinies, shipwrecks, native attacks, and even cannibalism. And at every step of the way, the decisions they made to keep this business alive would not only affect their effort, but would shape the future of the land on which they had settled in ways they never could have expected. The Jamestown Experiment is the untold story of the unlikely and dramatic events that defined the "self-made man" and gave birth to the American dream. Tony Williams taught history and literature for ten years, and has a master's in American history from Ohio State University. He wrote Hurricane of Independence and The Pox and the Covenant, and is currently a full-time author who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife and children.
The Story of Jamestown
Author: Eric Braun
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 0736862102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Written in graphic-novel format.
The Story of Jamestown
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Publisher: In the Hands of a Child
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P
Author: John Frederick Dorman
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 1126
ISBN-13: 9780806317632
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The foundation for this work is the Muster of Jan 1624/25 which had never before been printed in full."--Page xiii, volume 1.
The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
Author: Lorri Glover
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 2009-07-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780805090253
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A rip-snortin' story of shipwreck, intrigue, horror, courage, risk, luck and will . . . gripping."—Publishers Weekly The English were latecomers to America, and their initial attempts to establish an overseas empire met with dismal failure. In 1609, another disaster set the final course of this dramatic history, when the Sea Venture, the ship dispatched by London investors to rescue the starving settlers at Jamestown, collided with a ferocious hurricane and was shipwrecked off the coast of Bermuda. This riveting historical narrative describes how the 150 castaways were seduced by the island's unexpected pleasures for almost a year and were later riven by mutinies when ordered to continue on to Virginia. Ultimately they built boats with their own hands and arrived safely in Jamestown to face the daunting task of rebuilding America's first permanent colony.
