1607: Jamestown and the New World

The Stories In This Book, Drawn From The Pages Of The Popular History Magazine Colonial Williamsburg, Are Gathered Here To Commemorate The 400th Anniversary Of The First English Settlement In North America. Written By Prominent Historians And Journalists And Lavishly Illustrated With Period Illustrations And Dramatically Reconstructed Scenes, 1607: Jamestown And The New World Highlights: Indian Life Before And After 1607; The Business Behind Jamestown; Pocahontas's Rescue Of John Smith; The Starving Time And Reports Of Cannibalism; The Origins Of Representative Government; Archaeologists' Rediscovery Of The Original Fort. Here Are Stories Of Greed And Heroism, Of Suffering And Triumph. Here Is The Story Of America's Beginnings--back Cover. Shadows On The Land / Allan C. Fisher Jr. -- Virginia's Father / Bruce P. Lenman -- The Virginia Company Of London / Dennis Montgomery -- Captain John Smith / Dennis Montgomery -- Captain John Smith's Christmas / Dennis Montgomery -- No Fayre Lady / Ivor Noël Hume -- Reforming Pocahontas / Dennis Montgomery -- We Are Starved / Ivor Noël Hume -- Things Which Seame Incredible / Mark Nicholls -- Such A Dish As Powdered Wife I Never Heard Of / Dennis Montgomery -- The Mystery Of Sir George Somers And His Bermuda Triangle / Ivor Noël Hume -- The Reverend Robert Hunt / Lewis Wright -- John Clarke's Tale / Andrew Gardner -- Henricus / Mary Miley Theobald -- No Wine Before It's Time / Charles M. Holloway -- Tobacco / Allan C. Fisher Jr. -- Sailor, Soldier, Scoundrel / Michael Lombardi -- Pocahontas's London Christmas / Ivor Noël Hume -- Footprints On The Past / D. A. Saguto -- Accepte Our Poore Indevour / David Robinson -- Historical Rivalry / James Axtell -- The Tyme Appointed / Mary Miley Theobald -- How Was The Tyme Appointed? / Anthony Aveni -- Chanco's Reward / Dennis Montgomery -- Doctor John Pott / Ivor Noël Hume -- The Unfortunate Accident / Dennis Montgomery -- Jamestown Rediscovered / Will Molineux. Compiled By Dennis Montgomery ; With The Staff Of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; Principal Photography By David M. Doody. Includes Index.