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