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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America Paperback - 2008

by Benjamin Woolley

Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first American colony, "A Savage Kingdom" presents the bold, even reckless, political adventure driven by a sense of imperial destiny and dogged by official hostility.


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"Brilliantly framed . . . fascinating . . . a well-told story of discovery, conquest, business, and politics." -- Kirkus Reviews

Four centuries ago, and 14 years before the Mayflower, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America.

Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources, and manuscript collections scattered across the world, Savage Kingdom challenges the textbook image of Jamestown as a mere money-making venture. It reveals a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one. An intimate story in an epic setting, it shows how the land of Pocahontas came to be drawn into a new global order.

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Four centuries ago, and thirteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric, and a government spy--arrived in Virginia aboard a fleet of three ships and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America.

Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources, and manuscript collections scattered across the world, Savage Kingdom challenges the textbook image of Jamestown--revealing instead a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one.

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  • Title Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
  • Author Benjamin Woolley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Date 2008-04-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780060090579 / 006009057X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.36 x 0.94 in (20.37 x 13.61 x 2.39 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Virginia
  • Library of Congress subjects America - Discovery and exploration, Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca.
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.21
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