Journals of Captain John Smith A Jamestown Biography

Name: Journals of Captain John Smith A Jamestown Biography
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ISBN: 9781426200557

ISBN-10: 1426200552

ISBN-13: 9781426200557

Edition: 2007

Authors: Author TBD, John Thompson

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Drawing from Smith's own personal journals, this concise biography paints a rich and detailed portrait of one of America's most intriguing founding fathers. Historian John Thompson guides us through annotated selections of Smith's most important and compelling writings, adding authoritative perspective and commentary to round out the picture. The volume includes some of the earliest primary source accounts of life in colonial Virginia, including excerpts fromProceedings of the English Colony of Virginia (1612), Generall Historie of Virginia (1624),andThe True Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith (1630). Readers share eyewitness accounts of Smith's capture and imprisonment by…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 3/20/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Captain John Smith's Map of 1612


Introduction



Principal Figures



Into the Land of Pocahontas



Smith Becomes a Werowance



First Chesapeake Voyage



Second Chesapeake Voyage



President John Smith



Powhatan the Subtle Savage



The Coup against Smith



Jamestown without Smith



Peace and War


Afterword


Appendix


Index


Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits