A man most driven : Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America
(Book - Regular Print)
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London, England : Oneworld, 2014.
Physical Desc
x, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
F229.S7F57 2014
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F229.S7F57 2014
1 available
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Published
London, England : Oneworld, 2014.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-408) and index.
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Offers a look at the life of the explorer, soldier of fortune, and colonist John Smith, from his early life and adventures to his exploits in the New World and role in the founding of America.
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"He fought and beheaded three Turkish commanders in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates--twice--and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was 30 years old. This is Captain John Smith's life. Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas and how she saved John Smith. And were it not for Smith's leadership, the Jamestown Colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest--and a far more ambitious self-promoter, too, so reputed for his truculence that the pilgrims of the Mayflower snubbed him when he offered them his services, though his 1614 map of New England (which he named) made him the unrivaled expert on America. Now, in the first major biography of Smith in decades, award-winning BBC filmmaker and author Peter Firstbrook traces the adventurer's astonishing exploits across three continents, testing Smith's claimed biography against the historical and geographical reality on the ground. A Man Most Driven delivers an enlightening dissection of this mythology-making man and the invention of America."--from publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Firstbrook, P. L. (2014). A man most driven: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America . Oneworld.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Firstbrook, P. L.. 2014. A Man Most Driven: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the Founding of America. Oneworld.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Firstbrook, P. L.. A Man Most Driven: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the Founding of America Oneworld, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Firstbrook, P. L.. A Man Most Driven: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the Founding of America Oneworld, 2014.
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