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Author:
Hoobler, Dorothy.
Title:
Captain John Smith : Jamestown and the birth of the American dream / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Smith, John,--1580-1631.
Colonists--Jamestown--Jamestown--Biography.
Explorers--America.--Biography.
Explorers--Great Britain.--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Jamestown.--Jamestown.
Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century
Jamestown (Va.)--Biography.
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Other Authors:
Hoobler, Thomas.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780471485841
0471485845
OCLC:
(OCoLC)60742011
LCCN:
2005017411
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
W3PA034 -- Dolores Tillinghast Memorial Library (Harpers Ferry) — 975.5 Hoo
BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)
POAX626 -- Jessop-Bruner Library (University Park)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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