Virginia gold
Subtitle: a novel
By: William Thomas
Publisher: WinePress
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Enumclaw, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781414117072
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Fiction; Youth; Relations entre hommes et femmes; Romans, nouvelles; Jeunesse
Description: "John Thomas, a poor Welsh lad of seventeen, has a dream to become a landed gentleman with status when he learns of an opportunity across the ocean in a new world. With only his dream, faith, and courage, he indentures himself to a sponsor, leaves family and sweetheart behind, and sails in 1609 to Jamestown, the colonial outpost of a stock venture company in London"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "A perilous journey for an impossible dream"--Cover.