The Resource Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin, Joseph Kelly
Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin, Joseph Kelly
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- Summary
- "A groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America's founding myth. We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled 'shining city on a hill.' Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale of lazy louts who hunted gold till they starved and shiftless settlers who had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law. Neither story is true. In [this book], Joseph Kelly re-examines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians. In this gripping account of shipwrecks and mutiny in America's earliest settlements, Kelly argues that the colonists at Jamestown were literally and figuratively marooned, cut loose from civilization, and cast into the wilderness. The British caste system meant little on this frontier: those who wanted to survive had to learn to work and fight and intermingle with the nearby native populations. Ten years before the Mayflower Compact and decades before Hobbes and Locke, they invented the idea of government by the people. 150 years before Jefferson, they discovered the truth that all men were equal. The epic origin of America was not an exodus and a fledgling theocracy. It is a tale of shipwrecked castaways of all classes marooned in the wilderness fending for themselves in any way they could--a story that illuminates who we are as a nation today."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 500 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632867773
- Label
- Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin
- Title
- Marooned
- Title remainder
- Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Kelly
- Subject
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- trueColonies
- trueColonists
- trueDemocracy
- Frontier and pioneer life
- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia | Jamestown
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HISTORY / Native American
- HISTORY / North America
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History
- Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century
- trueJamestown, Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
- trueSocial classes
- Virginia
- trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
- trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Virginia -- Jamestown
- 1600-1775
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America's founding myth. We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled 'shining city on a hill.' Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale of lazy louts who hunted gold till they starved and shiftless settlers who had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law. Neither story is true. In [this book], Joseph Kelly re-examines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians. In this gripping account of shipwrecks and mutiny in America's earliest settlements, Kelly argues that the colonists at Jamestown were literally and figuratively marooned, cut loose from civilization, and cast into the wilderness. The British caste system meant little on this frontier: those who wanted to survive had to learn to work and fight and intermingle with the nearby native populations. Ten years before the Mayflower Compact and decades before Hobbes and Locke, they invented the idea of government by the people. 150 years before Jefferson, they discovered the truth that all men were equal. The epic origin of America was not an exodus and a fledgling theocracy. It is a tale of shipwrecked castaways of all classes marooned in the wilderness fending for themselves in any way they could--a story that illuminates who we are as a nation today."--Dust jacket
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- 10738954
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
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- 1962-
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- Kelly, Joseph
- Dewey number
- 975.5/4251
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Jamestown (Va.)
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Virginia
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Virginia
- Virginia
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HISTORY / Native American
- HISTORY / North America
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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- Jamestown, shipwreck, and the epic story of the first Americans
- Label
- Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin, Joseph Kelly
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-451) and index
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- Content category
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- Control code
- on1019931760
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 500 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632867773
- Lccn
- 2018003587
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019931760
- Label
- Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin, Joseph Kelly
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-451) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019931760
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 500 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632867773
- Lccn
- 2018003587
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019931760
Subject
- trueColonies
- trueColonists
- trueDemocracy
- Frontier and pioneer life
- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia | Jamestown
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HISTORY / Native American
- HISTORY / North America
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History
- Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century
- trueJamestown, Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
- trueSocial classes
- Virginia
- trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775
- trueVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Virginia -- Jamestown
- 1600-1775
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