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A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America Trade paperback - 2006

by James Horn

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On the eve of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony, this authoritative history argues that Jamestown, not Plymouth, was the true birthplace of the American experience.

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New York: Basic Books, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 337 pages.

Contents: Two worlds -- The "pearl and the gold" -- Smith's epic -- Innocence lost -- "Virginea Britannia" -- War and retribution -- Redeeming Pocahontas -- For "The good of the plantation" -- "Fatall possession".

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Details

  • Title A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America
  • Author James Horn
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition annotated editio
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages xii + 337
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date September 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # RWARE0000004086
  • ISBN 9780465030958 / 0465030955
  • Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.32 x 0.85 in (20.52 x 13.51 x 2.16 cm)
  • Size 8vo
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.542

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About the author

James Horn is the president of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He is author and editor of eight books on colonial American history, including A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America and A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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