Jamestown Narratives
Author : Edward Wright Haile
Publisher : Roundhouse
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
ISBN : 9780966471205
Author : Edward Wright Haile
Publisher : Roundhouse
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
ISBN : 9780966471205
Author : Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803298613
Considered to be one of the all-time classic studies of southeastern Native peoples, Powhatan's Mantle proves more topical, comprehensive, and insightful than ever before in this revised edition for twenty-first century scholars and students.
Author : Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 147980598X
The captivating story of four young people—English and Powhatan—who lived their lives between cultures In Pocahontas and the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into cross-cultural relationships—and became essential for the colony’s survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to both sides of early Virginia. Here for the first time outside scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told intertwined stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders to act as intermediaries. Pocahontas and the English Boys is a riveting seventeenth-century story of intrigue and danger, knowledge and power, and four youths who lived out their lives between cultures. As Pocahontas, Thomas, Henry, and Robert collaborated and conspired in carrying messages and trying to smooth out difficulties, they never knew when they might be caught in the firing line of developing hostilities. While their knowledge and role in controlling communication gave them status and a degree of power, their relationships with both sides meant that no one trusted them completely. Written by an expert in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Atlantic history, Pocahontas and the English Boys unearths gems from the archives—Henry Spelman’s memoir, travel accounts, letters, and official reports and records of meetings of the governor and council in Virginia—and draws on recent archaeology to share the stories of the young people who were key influencers of their day and who are now set to transform our understanding of early Virginia.
Author : Karen E. Lange
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426300127
1607: A New Look at Jamestown is the ultimate book for the 400th anniversary of America's first settlement. With its expert appraisal of the latest archaeological evidence, this National Geographic title stands alone in its timely authority and its visual appeal. Author Karen Lange's gripping narrative incorporates analysis of the very latest discoveries from the Jamestown site. The text, vetted by experts, has been researched with the help of Dr. William Kelso, a National Geographic grantee, who also provides the foreword. The pages come alive with Ira Block's stunning photography, detailing newly discovered artifacts, and highlighting authentic Jamestown reenactments. A National Geographic map of the colony places it in its historic and modern-day context. Follow the drama as three small ships from England reach the New World in the spring of 1607 with 104 souls onboard. At the edge of a powerful Indian confederacy, they settle in Jamestown and pave the way for the birth of our nation.
Author : James Horn
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 11,44 MB
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0786721987
The 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.
Author : James Otis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 14,77 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732682781
Reproduction of the original: Richard of Jamestown by James Otis
Author : Virginia Company of London
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Virginia
ISBN :
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780635063212
Six fascinating stories share the Jamestown experience with readers ages 7-14!
Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736862102
Tells the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Written in graphic-novel format.
Author : Louis Booker Wright
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 1964
Category : History
ISBN :
"'The two works reprinted here, inaugurating a projected series of contemporary narratives relating to the settlement of Virginia, have been much discussed as sources of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest.' Both William Strachey and Silvester Jourdain were passengers on the ill-fated 'Sea Venture,' which wrecked in 1609 within sight of one of the Bermuda Islands when this vessel, with eight others in the expedition led by Sir Thomas Gates, was on its way to Jamestown. Aside from their Virginian and Shakespearean interest, the narratives that Strachey and Jourdain wrote are both intrinsically fascinating documents and have a significant place in the voyage literature of their day.' So reads the preface to this first modern-spelling edition of these absorbing accounts. The editor, Louis B. Wright, is Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is author and editor of many book son American and English history and is eminently well qualified to evaluate and present these seventeenth-century writers to a modern audience."--Pg. [4] of cover.