Capt John Smith

Author : Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807839310
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain John Smith written by Karen Ordahl Kupperman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain John Smith was one of the most insightful and colorful writers to visit America in the colonial period. While his first venture was in Virginia, some of his most important work concerned New England and the colonial enterprise as a whole. The publication in 1986 of Philip Barbour's three-volume edition of Smith's works made available the complete Smith opus. In Karen Ordahl Kupperman's new edition her intelligent and imaginative selection and thematic arrangement of Smith's most important writings will make Smith accessible to scholars, students, and general readers alike. Kupperman's introductory material and notes clarify Smith's meaning and the context in which he wrote, while the selections are large enough to allow Captain Smith to speak for himself. As a reasonably priced distillation of the best of John Smith, Kupperman's edition will allow a wide audience to discover what a remarkable thinker and writer he was.

Author : R. E. Pritchard
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526773635
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain John Smith, Adventurer written by R. E. Pritchard and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The swashbuckling life of the Elizabethan explorer and colonial governor is vividly recounted in this historical biography. Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He sailed under a pirate flag, was shipwrecked, and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved at the eleventh hour. All this before he was thirty years old. Smith was one of the founders of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. He faced considerable danger from the Native Americans as well as from competing factions within the settlement itself. In the face of all this, Smith’s leadership saved the settlement from failure.

Author : Thomas Hoobler
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470314982
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain John Smith written by Thomas Hoobler and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who were drawn by the dream that opportunity was here for anyone who dared seize it . . . Smith founded more than a colony. He gave birth to the American dream." --from Captain John Smith Captain John Smith tells the real story behind the swashbuckling character who founded the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in English in America, and cheated death many times by a mere hairbreadth. Based on rich primary sources, including Smith's own writings and newly discovered material, this enlightening book explores Smith's early days, his forceful leadership at Jamestown that was so critical to its survival, and his efforts upon his return to England to continue settlements in America. This unique volume also reveals the truth behind Smith's relationship with Pocahontas, a tale that history has greatly distorted. Bringing to life heroic deeds and dramatic escapes as well as moments of great suffering and hardship, Captain John Smith serves as a great testament to this important historical figure.

Author : Philip L. Barbour
Publisher : Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807896136
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631 written by Philip L. Barbour and published by Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume I: Volume I

Author : John Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capt. John Smith written by John Smith and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip L. Barbour
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469600056
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume I written by Philip L. Barbour and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by the late Philip L. Barbour, acknowledged as the leading authority on Captain John Smith, this annotated three-volume work is the only modern edition of the works of the legendary figure who captured the interest of scholars and general readers for over four centuries. A hero and adventurer, Smith was the leader who saved Jamestown from self-destruction, and he was also instrumental in the exploration and settlement of New England. He produced one of the basic ethnological studies of the tide-water Algonkians, an invaluable contemporary history of early Virginia, the earliest well-defined maps of Chesapeake Bay and the New England coast, and the first printed dictionary of English nautical terms. This is Volume I of three volumes. Originally published in 2011. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : E. Boyd Smith
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith written by E. Boyd Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith" by E. Boyd Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : William Gilmore Simms
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Captain John Smith, the Founder of Virginia written by William Gilmore Simms and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, & the Summer Isles written by Smith and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marie Lawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pocahontas and Captain John Smith written by Marie Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: