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Savage Kingdom

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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America

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Four centuries ago, and thirteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men—led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy—arrived in Virginia aboard a fleet of three ships and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America.

Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources, and manuscript collections scattered across the world, Savage Kingdom challenges the textbook image of Jamestown – revealing instead a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one.

Title: Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
Author: Benjamin Woolley
Published: April 8, 2008
Pages: 512
Dimensions: 5.31 x 0.82 x 8 inches
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0060090579

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Weight 0.99 lbs
Dimensions 5.31 × 0.82 × 8 in
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2008

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