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- catalog abstract ""Drawing on period letters and chroniclers, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David A. Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and route to the Orient, and who instead found hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless." "Price offers a rare balanced view of the relationship between the settlers and the native. He unravels the crucial role of Pocahontas, a young woman whose reality has been obscured by centuries of legend and misinformation (and, more recently, animation). He paints indelible portraits of Chief Powhatan, the aged monarch who came close to ending the colony's existence, and Captain John Smith, the former mercenary and slave, whose disdain for class distinctions infuriated many around him - even as his resourcefulness made him essential to the colony's success."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12926123.
- catalog coverage "Jamestown (Va.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Jamestown (Va.) History.".
- catalog coverage "Virginia History Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.".
- catalog coverage "Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Drawing on period letters and chroniclers, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David A. Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and route to the Orient, and who instead found hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless." "Price offers a rare balanced view of the relationship between the settlers and the native. He unravels the crucial role of Pocahontas, a young woman whose reality has been obscured by centuries of legend and misinformation (and, more recently, animation). He paints indelible portraits of Chief Powhatan, the aged monarch who came close to ending the colony's existence, and Captain John Smith, the former mercenary and slave, whose disdain for class distinctions infuriated many around him - even as his resourcefulness made him essential to the colony's success."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue -- The crossing -- Have great care not to offend -- Wingfield -- The rescue -- Gilded dirt -- Powhatan becomes an English prince -- Pocahontas saves John Smith again -- The starving time -- Restoration -- The marriage -- Pocahontas in London -- The first African Americans -- March 22, 1622 : skyfall -- Smith's vision for America.".
- catalog extent "305 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0375415416".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf,".
- catalog spatial "Jamestown (Va.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Jamestown (Va.) History.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia History Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia Jamestown".
- catalog spatial "Virginia Jamestown.".
- catalog subject "975.5/425101 21".
- catalog subject "F234.J3 P68 2003".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America First contact with Europeans Virginia Jamestown.".
- catalog subject "Pocahontas, -1617.".
- catalog subject "Powhatan Indians Virginia Jamestown History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Smith, John, 1580-1531.".
- catalog subject "Smith, John, 1580-1631.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue -- The crossing -- Have great care not to offend -- Wingfield -- The rescue -- Gilded dirt -- Powhatan becomes an English prince -- Pocahontas saves John Smith again -- The starving time -- Restoration -- The marriage -- Pocahontas in London -- The first African Americans -- March 22, 1622 : skyfall -- Smith's vision for America.".
- catalog title "Love and hate in Jamestown : John Smith, Pocahontas, and the heart of a new nation / David A. Price.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".