Writings
Subtitle: with other narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the first English settlements of America
By: John Smith ; [James Horn selected the texts and wrote the notes for this volume].
Contributors: Horn, James P. P.
Series: Library of America -- 171.
Publisher: Library of America; Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1329
ISBN-13: 9781598530018
Subjects: Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Writings with other narratives.; Writings, with other narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the first English settlement of America.; Captain John Smith :
Work titles: Selections.
Description: "One of the truly legendary figures of American history, the soldier, explorer, and colonist Captain John Smith was a chronicler of the beginnings of English settlement in the New World. This volume brings together seven of his works, along with 16 additional narratives by 13 other writers, that recount firsthand the events of the settlement of Roanoke and Jamestown."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.