In Jamestown, the Buried Truth, William Kelso takes us literally to the soil where the Jamestown colony began, unearthing the James Fort and its contents to reveal fascinating evidence of the lives and deaths of the first settlers, of their endeavors and struggles, and of their relationships with the Virginia Indians. He offers up a lively but fact-based account, framed around a narrative of the archaeological team's exciting discoveries.
- Paperback: 238 pages
- Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2006
Warren M. Billings traces the history of Jamestown from the first landing in 1607, through the turbulent times of the early fort, growth of the colony, Bacon?s Rebellion, and the English Civil War, to the end of the 17th century, when the capital was moved to Williamsburg.
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Publications,
Jamestown Narratives is a one-cover, complete library of all surviving accounts from and about its first decade by members of the infant colony that was simultaneously the birthplace of the United States and the British Empire.
- Paperback: 946 pages
- Publisher: RoundHouse, 1998
In "Jamestown: An American Legacy," author Martha W. McCartney recounts the people and events of the first permanent English settlement in North America, from the earliest prehistoric times to the recent archeological investigations that are uncovering many of Jamestown's mysteries.
- Paperback: 145 pages
- Publisher: Eastern National, 2003
With 2007 fast approaching, more books will surely be written about Jamestown, but for now, this may be the best narrative history of the early years of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- Paperback: 305 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books, 2005
Samuel Collier came from nothing. A street urchin, an orphan, and even a thief, he seems headed for a life in the alleys of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the ship the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can't believe his good fortune. He's heard that gold washes ashore with every tide.
- Paperback: 237 pages
- Publisher: Puffin, 2006
