1607 : a new look at Jamestown

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Label

1607 : a new look at Jamestown

Title remainder

a new look at Jamestown

Statement of responsibility

by Karen E. Lange ; photography by Ira Block

Title variation

• Sixteen hundred seven
• New look at Jamestown

Title variation remainder

a new look at Jamestown

Creator

• trueLange, Karen E

Contributor

• Block, Ira

Subject

• Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia | Jamestown -- Juvenile literature
• trueIndians of North America
• Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century
• Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueJamestown, Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
• truePowhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Relations with European Americans
• Powhatan Indians -- Virginia | Jamestown -- History -- 17th century
• Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia | Jamestown
• trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
• trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature
• Powhatan Indians -- Virginia | Jamestown -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

"Follow the drama as three small ships from England reach the New World in the spring of 1607 with 104 souls on board. At the edge of a powerful Indian confederacy, they settle in Jamestown and pave the way for the birth of our nation. This is the real story of the settlers who have never enjoyed the acclaim of the more celebrated Plymouth Pilgrims. Within a year of their arrival, two-thirds are dead from Indian attacks, disease, or starvation. Damned by fortune, they are subsequently condemned by historians: Couldn't they defend themselves? Why not dig a well? Now, new archaeological evidence unearthed at Jamestown gives us the bigger picture ... "--BIP

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.2/1

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Interest level

MG

LC call number

F234.J3

LC item number

L37 2007

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 3
• 6

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

6.8

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile