Captain John Smith
Subtitle: Jamestown and the birth of the American dream
By: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.
Contributors: Hoobler, Thomas.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Colonists -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- Biography.; Explorers -- America -- Biography.; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia -- Jamestown.; Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.; Jamestown (Va.) -- Biography.; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dreams of glory; title: "To conquer is to live"; title: Voyagers west; title: The "first mover" of Jamestown; title: A charge of mutiny; title: Disease, dissension, and death; title: The great American myth; title: Conflicting agendas; title: Seeking the future; title: Smith vs. Newport; title: Smith vs. Powhatan; title: Smith takes charge; title: "My hands have been my lands"; title: The dream survives the man.