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Jamestown

Kathleen Crocker,Jane Currie
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Author : Kathleen Crocker,Jane Currie
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 073853515X

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City founder James Prendergast and other industrious pioneers were drawn to the outlet of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State because of its abundant waterpower and virgin forests. The skills of these settlers, coupled with the area's natural resources, led to the emergence of industrial Jamestown, known worldwide for its diverse manufacture of quality products, including furniture, metal, and textiles. The authors have chosen more than two hundred vintage images based on historic markers for Jamestown. Thorough research and oral histories reveal contributions made by trailblazing immigrants, philanthropic families, diverse ethnic groups, earnest businessmen, and three hometown notables who achieved global fame: Lucille Ball, Roger Tory Peterson, and Robert H. Jackson.

Jamestown

Carole Marsh
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Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0635063239

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Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement, was established 400 years ago. Neither the Old World, not the New World (America!) was ever the same again! ... This book includes: Virginia company, Captain John Smith, Godspeed, Discovery and the Susan Constant, John Rolfe, James Fort, Christopher Newport, Lord De La Warr, Starving time, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan, Historic Jametown today.

The Jamestown Project

Karen Ordahl Kupperman
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Author : Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674027022

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Listen to a short interview with Karen Ordahl Kupperman Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throughout Europe, been sold as a war captive in Turkey, escaped, and returned to England in time to join the Virginia Company's colonizing project. In Jamestown migrants, merchants, and soldiers who had also sailed to the distant shores of the Ottoman Empire, Africa, and Ireland in search of new beginnings encountered Indians who already possessed broad understanding of Europeans. Experience of foreign environments and cultures had sharpened survival instincts on all sides and aroused challenging questions about human nature and its potential for transformation. It is against this enlarged temporal and geographic background that Jamestown dramatically emerges in Karen Kupperman's breathtaking study. Reconfiguring the national myth of Jamestown's failure, she shows how the settlement's distinctly messy first decade actually represents a period of ferment in which individuals were learning how to make a colony work. Despite the settlers' dependence on the Chesapeake Algonquians and strained relations with their London backers, they forged a tenacious colony that survived where others had failed. Indeed, the structures and practices that evolved through trial and error in Virginia would become the model for all successful English colonies, including Plymouth. Capturing England's intoxication with a wider world through ballads, plays, and paintings, and the stark reality of Jamestown--for Indians and Europeans alike--through the words of its inhabitants as well as archeological and environmental evidence, Kupperman re-creates these formative years with astonishing detail.

Jamestown

Matthew Sharpe
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Author : Matthew Sharpe
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 015603171X

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"Jamestown" chronicles a group of "settlers" (more like survivors) from the ravaged island of Manhattan, departing just as the Chrysler Building has mysteriously plummeted to the earth. This ragged band is heading down what's left of I-95 in a half-school bus, half-Millennium Falcon. Their goal is to establish an outpost in southern Virginia, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Based on actual accounts of the Jamestown settlement from 1607 to 1617, "Jamestown" features historical characters including John Smith, Pocahontas, and others enacting an imaginative re-version of life in the pioneer colony. In this retelling, Pocahontas's father Powhatan is half-Falstaff, half-Henry V, while his consigliere is a psychiatrist named Sidney Feingold. John Martin gradually loses body parts in a series of violent encounters, and John Smith is a ruthless and pragmatic redhead continually undermining the aristocratic leadership. Communication is by text-messaging, IMing, and, ultimately, telepathy. Punctuated by jokes, rhymes, "rim shot" dialogue, and bloody black-comic tableaux, "Jamestown" is a trenchant commentary on America's past and present that confirms Matthew Sharpe's status as a major talent in contemporary fiction.

Jamestown

Tim McNeese
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Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
ISBN : 9781438101170

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In 1607, American Indians, hidden along the banks of a Virginia river, watched as three boats filled with bearded strangers sailed upstream. For more than a century, the Spanish had been busy establishing an empire in the New World, far to the south. Meanwhile, other Europeans began launching their own colonial efforts in lands that for many centuries had been home to tens of thousands of Native Americans. These newly arrived strangers riding upstream were Englishmen, ready to take great risks in the name of their king as they reached the unknown shores of what is today Chesapeake Bay. They would settle on an island in a river they named for their king - James. Just in time to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its settlement, Jamestown treats students to a fully illustrated and highly readable history of the first permanent English colony in North America.

The Jamestown Project

Karen Ordahl Kupperman
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Author : Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674024748

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Listen to a short interview with Karen Ordahl KuppermanHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throughout Europe, been sold as a war captive in Turkey, escaped, and returned to England in time to join the Virginia Company's colonizing project. In Jamestown migrants, merchants, and soldiers who had also sailed to the distant shores of the Ottoman Empire, Africa, and Ireland in search of new beginnings encountered Indians who already possessed broad understanding of Europeans. Experience of foreign environments and cultures had sharpened survival instincts on all sides and aroused challenging questions about human nature and its potential for transformation. It is against this enlarged temporal and geographic background that Jamestown dramatically emerges in Karen Kupperman's breathtaking study. Reconfiguring the national myth of Jamestown's failure, she shows how the settlement's distinctly messy first decade actually represents a period of ferment in which individuals were learning how to make a colony work. Despite the settlers' dependence on the Chesapeake Algonquians and strained relations with their London backers, they forged a tenacious colony that survived where others had failed. Indeed, the structures and practices that evolved through trial and error in Virginia would become the model for all successful English colonies, including Plymouth. Capturing England's intoxication with a wider world through ballads, plays, and paintings, and the stark reality of Jamestown--for Indians and Europeans alike--through the words of its inhabitants as well as archeological and environmental evidence, Kupperman re-creates these formative years with astonishing detail.

The Jamestown Colony

Brendan January
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Author : Brendan January
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0756500435

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This is an account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, which was established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown

Lorri Glover,Daniel Blake Smith
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Author : Lorri Glover,Daniel Blake Smith
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1429930969

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A freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when in 1606 Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster. Within two years warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers threatened to destroy Smythe's Jamestown just as it had Raleigh's Roanoke a generation earlier. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609—the largest fleet England had ever assembled—and sailed into the teeth of a storm so violent that "it beat all light from Heaven." The inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest, the hurricane separated the flagship from the fleet, driving it onto reefs off the coast of Bermuda—a lucky shipwreck (all hands survived) which proved the turning point in the colony's fortune.

The Jamestown Community

Deanne Kells
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Author : Deanne Kells
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language arts (Elementary)
ISBN : 9781410846242

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Read about why the colonists came to Jamestown, what they did for money, and how they built a community.

Jamestown Colony

Alan Pierce
Jamestown Colony Book PDF

Author : Alan Pierce
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617143533

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Discusses defining moments in American history.

The Jamestown Colony

Gayle Worland
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Author : Gayle Worland
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736824626

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Follows the struggles and triumphs of the colonists who came to the New World and founded Jamestown Colony in what would become Virginia.

Jamestown

Catherine E. Dean
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Author : Catherine E. Dean
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0738592099

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In May 1607, three ships arrived at Jamestown bearing settlers who would establish the first enduring English colony in North America. Although it initially struggled to survive, the settlement eventually prospered and became the capital of Virginia. Jamestown is best known for its inhabitants John Smith and Pocahontas; however, it should also be remembered for its role in the establishment of the English language, Protestant faith, and representative government in America. The site of the 1607 James Fort and 17th-century city have been preserved through the efforts of Preservation Virginia and the National Park Service. A popular tourist destination since the 19th century, Historic Jamestowne has welcomed millions of visitors over the years, many of whom attended the 1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition and the 1957 Jamestown Festival, which celebrated Jamestown's important legacy as America's birthplace.

Jamestown

Rosemary Enright,Sue Maden,Jamestown Historical Society
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Author : Rosemary Enright,Sue Maden,Jamestown Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614232544

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Jamestown by Rosemary Enright,Sue Maden,Jamestown Historical Society Pdf

Jamestown, Rhode Island's history has been formed--both for good and ill--by its geography. The town officially encompasses three islands in Narragansett Bay--Conanicut, Dutch and Gould--plus a number of small islets known as "dumplings." Jamestown was part of the larger world when merchants and travelers used the common roadway of the bay. As the speed of transportation on land increased, that same bay isolated the town. Reliable ferry transport fostered the growth of a low-key resort, and the bridges that followed moved the community from resort to suburb. The changes have left Jamestowners torn. Some look back nostalgically at the ferries and the solitude they allowed, while others look forward to a vibrant village and grand suburban homes. Still, whether one is reviewing Jamestown's past or anticipating its future, the constraints of its geography remain forever unchanged.

Jamestown

Karen E. Livsey,Dorothy E. Levin
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Author : Karen E. Livsey,Dorothy E. Levin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738575666

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Jamestown, named for James Prendergast, evolved from the first settlement in 1810 at "The Rapids" on Chautauqua Lake's outlet. His sawmill, erected in 1811, used the available waterpower to help expand the settlement. Continued use of the waterpower and the area's abundant natural resources developed the manufacturing of furniture, textiles, and tools. Lumbering, farming, and industries undertaken by the hardworking settlers transformed Jamestown into an internationally known city with fine homes, successful businesses, and recreation opportunities on the lake and in the surrounding countryside.

Jamestown

Rodney B. Taylor,Will Molineux
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Author : Rodney B. Taylor,Will Molineux
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738516422

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Celebrated as America's birthplace, Jamestown, Virginia, has a rich history, beginning in 1607 when the first permanent English settlement in the New World was established. This island in the James River, now referred to as Historic Jamestowne, has witnessed many a change in the past 400 years. Though it was, for almost a century, the capital of Virginia, it was later all but abandoned and used as farmland. During the Civil War, Jamestown served as an outpost for both Confederate and Union troops. As the result of efforts on the part of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) and the National Park Service, Jamestown is today a well-preserved historical site and welcomes nearly half a million visitors annually. Such famous individuals as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Queen Mother, and Queen Elizabeth II have traveled to mark Jamestown's heritage. Visitors to nearby Jamestown Settlement, a state park, enjoy replicas of the original fort and the three ships that carried the first settlers.