Jamestown, 1607
Title:
Jamestown, 1607
Author:
Cooper, Michael L., 1950-
ISBN:
9780823419487
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Holiday House, c2007.
Physical Description:
98 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : laying claim to the New World -- The first day in the country called Virginia -- A glorious possibility -- Looking for gold -- Such misery -- Facing the great chief -- Cursed gold -- Powhatan's strange coronation -- Fighting for food -- Smith's last summer.
Abstract:
Discusses the community that was the first English colony on American soil in 1607, the home of Princess Pocahontas, the first destination port for African slaves, and the business center of the new tobacco industry.
