Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400031726)

A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith's life. He also gives a rare balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the dawning of our nation.

Author: David A. Price
ISBN-10: 1400031729
ISBN-13: 9781400031726
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2005
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.69d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.5
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78326 / Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 44
New York Times 01/23/2005 pg. 28