A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke - Paperback
by James Horn
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465024902ISBN-10:465024904UPC:9780465024902Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Adventurers & ExplorersBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC4V5F6B0F
A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a colony from fearsome wilderness. A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation. He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition's sponsor, to rescue the imperiled...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465024902ISBN-10:465024904UPC:9780465024902Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Adventurers & ExplorersBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC4V5F6B0F
James Horn is the president of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He is author and editor of eight books on colonial American history, including A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America and A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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