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Captain John Smith : Jamestown and the birth of the American dream / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.

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Main Author: Hoobler, Dorothy
Other Authors: Hoobler, Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
Subjects:
Smith, John, > 1580-1631.
Colonists > Virginia > Jamestown > Biography.
Explorers > America > Biography.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Jamestown (Va.) > History > 17th century.
Jamestown (Va.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Virginia > Jamestown.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Table of Contents:
  • Dreams of glory
  • "To conquer is to live"
  • Voyagers west
  • The "first mover" of Jamestown
  • A charge of mutiny
  • Disease, dissension, and death
  • The great American myth
  • Conflicting agendas
  • Seeking the future
  • Smith vs. Newport
  • Smith vs. Powhatan
  • Smith takes charge
  • "My hands have been my lands"
  • The dream survives the man.

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