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Summary: Floundering from two years of warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers, the Virginia Company was about to collapse. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609--the largest fleet England had ever assembled--and sailed into the teeth of a storm.... The inspiration for Shakespeare's The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.21 GLOWoodward, Hobson.
Contents: Poet of London -- Aboard for Jamestown -- Ocean bound -- Hurricane -- Rogue wave -- Devil's land -- Angel's garden -- New life -- Rebellion -- Away to Virginia -- Relief from home -- Forest people -- Blood in the snow -- Poison -- Bound for England -- Blackfriars surprise -- Bermuda ghosts -- After the storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009