TY - BOOK AU - Hoobler,Dorothy AU - Hoobler,Thomas TI - Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the birth of the American dream SN - 0471485845 : HRD AV - F229.S7 H66 2006 U1 - 975.5/02/092 PY - 2006/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Smith, John, KW - Colonists KW - Virginia KW - Jamestown KW - Biography KW - Explorers KW - America KW - Great Britain KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Jamestown (Va.) KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017411.html ER -