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American genesis : Captain John Smith and the founding of Virginia
- Title
- American genesis : Captain John Smith and the founding of Virginia / Alden T. Vaughan ; edited by Oscar Handlin.
- Author
- Vaughan, Alden T., 1929-
- Publication
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1975]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 1230.863.929 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 207 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Recounts the life and career of the Elizabethan soldier of fortune, adventurer, and cartographer-publicist of the New World as they reflect his nation's expanding imperial enterprise and the beginnings of American settlement.
- Series Statement
- The Library of American biography
- Uniform Title
- Library of American biography
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [191]-200.
- Contents
- Between two worlds -- Outpost -- President Smith -- Time of troubles -- Search for stability : politics and diplomacy -- Search for stability : economics -- Reform -- Toward an American society -- Collapse of an experiment -- Still breathing Virginia -- A note on the sources.
- ISBN
- 0316898074
- 9780316898072
- 0316898082
- 9780316898089
- LCCN
- 74005914
- OCLC
- ocm01155965
- 1155965
- SCSB-200377
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library