A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America
Autor James Hornen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 sep 2006
The
definitive
history
of
the
Jamestown
colony,
the
crucible
of
American
history
Although
it
was
the
first
permanent
English
settlement
in
North
America,
Jamestown
is
too
often
overlooked
in
the
writing
of
American
history.
Founded
thirteen
years
before
theMayflowersailed,
Jamestown's
courageous
settlers
have
been
overshadowed
ever
since
by
the
pilgrims
of
Plymouth.
But
as
historian
James
Horn
demonstrates
in
this
vivid
and
meticulously
researched
account,
Jamestown-not
Plymouth-was
the
true
crucible
of
American
history.
Jamestown
introduced
slavery
into
English-speaking
North
America;
it
became
the
first
of
England's
colonies
to
adopt
a
representative
government;
and
it
was
the
site
of
the
first
white-Indian
clashes
over
territorial
expansion.A
Land
As
God
Made
Itoffers
the
definitive
account
of
the
colony
that
give
rise
to
America.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465030958
ISBN-10: 0465030955
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465030955
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
James
Hornis
the
president
of
the
Jamestown
Rediscovery
Foundation.
He
is
author
and
editor
of
five
books
on
colonial
American
history,
includingA
Kingdom
Strange:
The
Brief
and
Tragic
History
of
the
Lost
Colony
of
Roanokeand1619:
Jamestown
and
the
Forging
of
American
Democracy.He
lives
in
Richmond,
Virginia.
Recenzii
"A
thorough
andpainstaking
history
of
the
Jamestown
settlement....
Horn
writes
with
clarityand
precision,
and
in
John
Smith,
he
has
a
larger-than-life
central
figure...[Horn]
has
done
a
careful
job
of
synthesizing
his
material.
He's
alsostrong
on
the
details:
his
version
of
the
1609
famine...ignites
the
horror
inthe
reader's
mind."—Russell
Shorto,New
York
Times
Book
Review
"A superb history...an exemplaryaccount.... All in all, an absolutely terrific book."—Jonathan Yardley,Washington Post
"[Horn] is eminently wellqualified and writes with assurance about the actual events and the many mythsthat surround the first years of the Colonial experience....ALand as God Made Itshould take a rightful place in the veryshort list of books that are must reading for anybody who wants to understandhow it all began."—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A rip-snortin' adventure, petty-and power-politics, blood-and-gutsrivalries and more.... This work has the special merit of revealing ahistorical treasure--like a lost Gilbert Stewart found in the dusty attic of history,a subject whose importance becomes as obvious as our neglect of it seems sillyand wrong."—Washington Times
"[Horn] presents the story of early Virginiaalmost as though it were the plot of a colorful novel.... Horn's astute historyis a story of courage and cowardice, wisdom and stupidity, cross-culturalfriendship and racist brutality, religious greatness and religious hypocrisy,and all the qualities that make America what it is today."—Virginian-Pilot
"This is a must readfor true Virginians (and those who would aspire to that lofty station) andshould be force-fed to the descendants of the codfish aristocracy who forgetthat we got here first."—Roanoke Times
"A superb history...an exemplaryaccount.... All in all, an absolutely terrific book."—Jonathan Yardley,Washington Post
"[Horn] is eminently wellqualified and writes with assurance about the actual events and the many mythsthat surround the first years of the Colonial experience....ALand as God Made Itshould take a rightful place in the veryshort list of books that are must reading for anybody who wants to understandhow it all began."—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A rip-snortin' adventure, petty-and power-politics, blood-and-gutsrivalries and more.... This work has the special merit of revealing ahistorical treasure--like a lost Gilbert Stewart found in the dusty attic of history,a subject whose importance becomes as obvious as our neglect of it seems sillyand wrong."—Washington Times
"[Horn] presents the story of early Virginiaalmost as though it were the plot of a colorful novel.... Horn's astute historyis a story of courage and cowardice, wisdom and stupidity, cross-culturalfriendship and racist brutality, religious greatness and religious hypocrisy,and all the qualities that make America what it is today."—Virginian-Pilot
"This is a must readfor true Virginians (and those who would aspire to that lofty station) andshould be force-fed to the descendants of the codfish aristocracy who forgetthat we got here first."—Roanoke Times