Title: Planters and pioneers; life in colonial Virginia : the story in pictures and text of the people who settled England's first successful colony from its planting in 1607 to the birth of the United States in 1789.
Authors: Rouse, Parke, 1915-
Publisher: Hastings House,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Virginia.; Plantation life Virginia.; Virginia Social life and customs
Contents: Prologue -- The Search for Gold -- The Indians -- The First Families -- Sea Lanes to England -- Houses, Roads, Ferries, Inns -- The Western Frontier -- The Church and Dissenters -- The Plantations -- The Negroes -- Food, Drink, and Merriment -- The Quest for Knowledge -- Outdoor Life -- Arts and Entertainment -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.