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  A Land As God Made It
By James Horn
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Although it was the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown is too often overlooked in the writing of American history. Though they founded their colony thirteen years before the Mayflower sailed, 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. As we mark the four-hundredth anniversary of Jamestown in 2007, A Land As God Made It offers the definitive account of the colony that give rise to America.
337 pages, softcover, ISBN 0465030955, Basic Books, 2006
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Reviewed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Jamestown history
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