Surviving Jamestown

By - Karwoski, Gail

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, GA, 2001

ISBN 10 - 1561452459

ISBN 13 - 9781561452453

Book Status - 4 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Virginia--Jamestown

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 808 KAR

Physical Description - 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

A stirring story of survival set against the backdrop of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World. In 1607, a year after the Virginia Company was granted a charter to establish a settlement in North America, 104 men set sail on a voyage to a new land. Among the brave adventurers who make the journey is a young boy named Samuel Collier, the page of Captain John Smith. Disease, famine, and continuing attacks by neighboring Algonquin Native Americans take a tremendous toll on the settlers. Samuel is one of the few to survive the harsh realities of the New World during the first few years of Jamestown. Based on the author's careful research of the era, this fictional account portrays the struggles and successes of our country's earliest settlers. Young readers will enjoy this story of courage and survival while learning about this important period in the history of the United States.

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