Captain John Smith : a select edition of his writings / edited by Karen Ordahl Kupperman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, John, 1580-1631.

Contributor:

Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1939- editor.

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 1988

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New England.

America--Discovery and exploration--British--Early works to 1800.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] ; London, [England] : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Captain John Smith was one of the most insightful and colorful writers to visit America in the colonial period. While his first venture was in Virginia, some of his most important work concerned New England and the colonial enterprise as a whole.The publication in 1986 of Philip Barbour's three-volume edition of Smith's works made available the complete Smith opus. In Karen Ordahl Kupperman's new edition her intelligent and imaginative selection and thematic arrangement of Smith's most important writings will make Smith accessible to scholars, students, and general readers alike. Kupperman's introductory material and notes clarify Smith's meaning and the context in which he wrote, while the selections are large enough to allow Captain Smith to speak for himself. As a reasonably priced distillation of the best of John Smith, Kupperman's edition will allow a wide audience to discover what a remarkable thinker and writer he was.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Published Works of Capt. John Smith; Suggestions for Further Reading; PART ONE: John Smith: Life and Legend; PART TWO: Jamestown: John Smith as Leader; PART THREE: John Smith as Ethnographer: His Relations with the Indians; PART FOUR: John Smith as Interpreter of the Environment; PART FIVE: The Future of Colonization; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliograpy: p. [29]-31.

"The published works of Capt. John Smith": p. [25]-27.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908820-3-5

979-88-908820-4-2

0-8078-3931-0

1-4696-0123-0

OCLC:

300463905