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Love & Hate in Jamestown - John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation

By: Vintage Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Vintage Books)


Product Info

Title
Love & Hate in Jamestown - John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
Publisher
Category
Author
David A. Price
Publish Year
2005
Pages
320
Dimensions
5x8x.75"
NKG Part #
2148161503
Type
Softcover

Description

In 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.