Roanoke
Subtitle: solving the mystery of the lost colony
By: Lee Miller
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781606711538
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: History
Other titles: Roanoke
Description: The author searches for the truth about the four-hundred-year-old disappearance of England's first colony in North America and the fate of its settlers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one. A; title: Case of Missing Persons: The disappearance ; -- A; title: case of missing persons ;; title: John White: governor ;; title: Of London ; Of population ;; title: Of religion ; -- The; title: Colonists ; In certain danger -- -- Part two. A; title: Case of Murder: Sabotage ; -- The; title: second Roanoke expedition: Grenville and the Secotan (1585) ; -- The; title: second Roanoke expedition: Lane's command (1585-1586) ;; title: Chaunis Temoatan and a murder (1586) -- -- Part three. A; title: Case of Conspiracy: The lost colonists (1587) ;; title: Raleigh's rise to power ;; title: Political turmoil ; -- The; title: players ; -- The; title: motive ; -- The; title: game ; -- The; title: fall -- -- Part four.; title: Who Are the Mandoag?: Raleigh's search ; Jamestown ;; title: War on the Powhatan ;; title: Requiem ;; title: Deep in the interior ;; title: Who are the Mandoag? ; -- Epilogue -- Appendix A:; title: Wingina and the Secotan -- -- Appendix B: The; title: meaning of Mandoag and Nottoway ---- Notes and references-- Bibliography-- Index.