American Genesis: Captain John Smith and the Founding of Virginia

Synopsis

"This book is written in the style of an 'historical account of happenings.' I thoroughly enjoyed the first half of the book which told of John Smith's early adventures and his coming to America then setting up the first English colony. The second half of the book however, did not include John Smith himself, just his policies and ideals. The latter part of the book told of many subsequent men who headed Virginia and how their successes were based on John Smith's early ideals and requests (usually not met by England or the colonists of his era). It is a good book for study with the first half being the better read.
PS. Students can get all the information they need on the founding of Virginia by reading only half of the book's 190 pages." [Amazon]

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Released

1997

Location

North America

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