Marooned : Jamestown, shipwreck, and a new history of America's origin
Kelly, Joseph, 1962-2019
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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 city on a hill. Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale. Lazy louts hunted gold till they starved, and the shiftless settlers had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law. Neither story is true. Here, Joseph Kelly reexamines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians.
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Author:
Kelly, Joseph, 1962-, author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
ix, 500 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781632867780 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
973.21973.21 KELL
Language:
English
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BRN:
2251674
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