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Title: The Jamestown Colony by Gail Sakurai ISBN: 0-516-26138-X Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The troubled history of the first permanent English colony
Comment: "The Jamestown Colony" was the third attempt by the English to establish a colony in the New World. In 1606 three small ships arrived at the mouth of a broad river that emptied in Chesapeake Bay. The colonists named it the James River in honor of the King who had granted their charger. The area was settled by nearly 10,000 Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy, not all of whom were friendly, which required the colonists to find a secure location to build a fort and harbor their ships. The site was called Jamestown and Gail Sakurai tells the story of the first permanent English colony in the Americas, although by the end of the century it was abandoned.
Sakurai goes well beyond what young readers are going to find in their American History textbooks. We learn about why more than half the settlers died by the end of their first summer, the true story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, the arrival of the first women at Jamestown, the brutal winter known as the "Starving Time," and the arrival of the new governor, Lord Delaware, who stopped the settlers from abandoning the colony in 1610. Ironically, we learn that this famous colony was an economic failure, which explains why the last part of the book talks more about the impact Pocahontas made on her visit to England than what was happening at Jamestown, where slavery was introduced but massacres, diseases, fires and other disasters decimated the colony, which was burned to the ground following an unsuccessful revolt. Thousands of new settlers came to Virginia, but not to Jamestown, which was replaced as capital of the colony by Williamsburg.
Teachers and students alike will find this story interesting and ample proof that colonizing America was not an easy task. Other Cornerstones of Freedom titles on related subjects include "The Pilgrims," "Williamsburg," and "African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies." These books remain an excellent first place to look for detailed information about various facets of American History.
Rating: 4
Summary: The First colony of America
Comment: The story, The Jamestown Colony, is about the first colony in the United States. It describes why the settlers left and what difficulties they arrived at. A smart buy for anyone wishing to learn more about our countries early colonial times.
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Title: The Thirteen Colonies (Cornerstones of Freedom) by Gail Sakurai ISBN: 0516270915 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Jamestown Colony by Brendan January ISBN: 0756500435 Publisher: Compass Point Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.60 |
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Title: Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg, 11th by Cheryl Cease, Mary Alice Blackwell, Anne Patterson Causey ISBN: 1573801895 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days (If You Lived ....) by Barbara Brenner, Jennie Williams, Jenny Williams, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ISBN: 0590929224 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Colonial Town: Williamsburg (The Historic Communities Series) by Bobbie Kalman ISBN: 0865055092 Publisher: Crabtree Pub Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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