Author: George Craghead Gregory
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Category : England
Languages : en
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Genealogical table tracing the ancestors of Sir Thomas West, 2nd Lord De La Warr. West was born in Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire, England. West was a member of the Privy Council during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Two of his sons served as the Governor of Virginia: Captain John West, from 1635 to 1637; and Sir Thomas West, 3rd Lord De La Warr, from 1609 to 1618. Another son, Captain Francis West, served as Deputy Governor of Virginia from 1627 to 1629. Table also includes the Dandridge, Gregory, and Claiborne families.
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 9780635028419
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Briefly summarizes the life of Thomas West, third Baron De la Warr and the first governor of Virginia, whose assistance prevented the Jamestown settlers from abandoning their colony. Includes activities, glossary and quiz with answer key.
Author: Letta Brock Stone
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Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Author: Camilla Townsend
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429930772
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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Camilla Townsend's stunning new book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to the invading British but to ourselves. Neither naïve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, diplomacy, and violence. Indeed, Pocahontas's life is a testament to the subtle intelligence that Native Americans, always aware of their material disadvantages, brought against the military power of the colonizing English. Resistance, espionage, collaboration, deception: Pocahontas's life is here shown as a road map to Native American strategies of defiance exercised in the face of overwhelming odds and in the hope for a semblance of independence worth the name. Townsend's Pocahontas emerges--as a young child on the banks of the Chesapeake, an influential noblewoman visiting a struggling Jamestown, an English gentlewoman in London--for the first time in three-dimensions; allowing us to see and sympathize with her people as never before.
Author: Helen C. Rountree
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080618986X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Among the aspects of Powhatan life that Helen Rountree describes in vivid detail are hunting and agriculture, territorial claims, warfare and treatment of prisoners, physical appearance and dress, construction of houses and towns, education of youths, initiation rites, family and social structure and customs, the nature of rulers, medicine, religion, and even village games, music, and dance. Rountree’s is the first book-length treatment of this fascinating culture, which included one of the most complex political organizations in native North American and which figured prominently in early American history.
Author: John Bernard Burke
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Languages : en
Pages : 1280
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Author: Thomas Hariot
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Author: Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803298613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Considered to be one of the all-time classic studies of southeastern Native peoples, Powhatan's Mantle proves more topical, comprehensive, and insightful than ever before in this revised edition for twenty-first century scholars and students.
Author: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429947659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head? Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012
