Hoobler, Dorothy.

Captain John Smith : Jamestown and the birth of the American dream / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006. - xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.

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.

Drawing from many primary sources including John Smith's own writings and those of other colonists, gives an account of his life, first in England, then as one of the founders of the Jamestown colony, as well as when he was charged with mutiny on the ship to America.

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Smith, John, 1580-1631.


Colonists--Virginia--Jamestown--Biography.
Explorers--America--Biography.
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Jamestown.


Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
Jamestown (Va.)--Biography.
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

F229.S7 / H66 2006

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