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A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James Horn.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Horn, James, 1953-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jamestown (Va.)--History.
Jamestown (Va.).
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (351 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Books, c2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
On the eve of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony, this authoritative history argues that Jamestown-not Plymouth-was the true birthplace of the American experience
Contents:
Two worlds
The "pearl and the gold"
Smith's epic
Innocence lost
"Virginea Britannia"
War and retribution
Redeeming Pocahontas
For "The good of the plantation"
"Fatall possession".
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-283-09431-2
9786613094315
0-7867-2198-7
OCLC:
721195258

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