Roy, I heard it in Norfolk, VA on PBS channel 15 (WHRO). The author (Dr. James Horn) gave a short lecture and Q&A, which was sponsored by the Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. A tape may be available, if anyone wants it. Betty --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Betty A Pace <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:38:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [PACE] A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James Horn. Message-ID: <[email protected]> Roy, That would be fine. Betty On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:02:16 -0500 "Roy Johnson" <[email protected]> writes: > I would like to put these reviews of this book on the Pace Network > with your > permission. I have some book reviews there now and intended to set > up a book > review section. Okay? > > Roy Johnson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Betty A Pace > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PACE] A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of > America / > James Horn. > > A new look at Jamestown. > > I heard Dr. Horn;s televised presentation on PBS and he signaled > that > this book shows that Jamestown colonists almost failed, and had > they > failed, the English would have given up the Chesapeake Bay area, > only to > be followed by some other European power. Even New England might not > have > lasted in English hands. Thus our country might not be > English-speaking > today. My own library has the book (summarized below from the > library > catalog) and I have put in a request for it. > > A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James > Horn. > A land as God made it : Horn, James P. P. > > Call Number: 975.5425 HOR > Publication Information: New York : Basic Books, c2005. > > Physical Description: p. cm. > > ISBN: 0465030947 (hc : alk. paper) $26.00 > > > Summary > What if Jamestown-the first permanent English settlement in North > America-had collapsed? Would efforts to establish an English colony > have > been abandoned? Would other European powers such as the Spanish, > Dutch, > or French have moved into the mid-Atlantic region instead? Without > Virginia, would the Pilgrims have ever gone to Plymouth? Would the > English have ever established themselves as the major colonial power > on > the mainland of North America? Would modern American society have > been > entirely different? Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc. > > Publisher's Weekly Review > Horn, who heads the library at the Colonial Williamsburg > Foundation, > offers a history that will put Plymouth in its place. Not only was > Jamestown settled before Plymouth, in 1607, but, says Horn, it was > the > seedbed of many themes, both glorious (representative government) > and > tragic (imperialism), that run through American history. In this > detailed > narrative of Jamestown's first 18 years, Horn focuses primarily on > the > relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans. > (He > gives disappointingly scant attention to the first Africans' arrival > in > 1619.) Jamestown was the first English colony in North America to > succeed; that success was "disastrous" for the Indians. The town > leader > John Smith figures prominently in Horn's tale. Smith's own written > recollection of his captivity by Indians is the source for the > well-known > story that a young Pocahontas saved his life; Horn dismisses > Smith's > account as implausibly exaggerated. In Horn's view, a pivotal point > in > Indian-Anglo relations was the Powhatan uprising of 1622. Any hope > that > the English might partner with the Indians against Spain and treat > them > with kindness or justice was killed thereafter, the settlers were > determined to exclude the Indians from their new commonwealth. 12 > b&w > illus., 6 maps. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of > Reed > Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright Reed Business > Information > Reed Elsevier Inc. > > Library Journal Review > Horn (director, John D. Rockefeller Lib., Colonial Williamsburg > Foundation; Adapting to a New World) writes an account of the > Jamestown > Colony, founded in 1607 the first permanent English settlement in > North > America, predating the Mayflower's arrival at Plymouth by 13 years. > Horn's story encompasses such legendary figures as Capt. John Smith > and > Pocahontas although Horn discounts the importance of the latter. He > defines in detail the significance of Jamestown: many of the themes > that > run through American history were first invoked there. For example, > on > March 22, 1622, hundreds of Powhatan warriors burned the > settlement, > taking the lives of 347 colonists. This calamitous event, which > came > close to destroying Jamestown, forever altered the relationship > between > the English and the Indians in the New World: no longer was it > possible > to achieve peace between the two peoples. Additionally, Jamestown > was > where slavery was first introduced into England's American Colonies; > it > also was primary in employing a representative government. Thus, > Horn > demonstrates that the Jamestown experience, for good and ill, played > a > formative role in defining America. Recommended for all public > libraries. > Karen Sutherland, Bartlett P.L., IL Copyright ? Reed Business > Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. > Copyright Reed Business Information Reed Elsevier Inc. > > Author Biography > James Horn is O'Neill Director of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. > Library at > The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and lecturer at the College of > William & Mary Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc. > > Table of Contents > AcknowledgmentsXI > Prologue: Before Jamestown1 > 1 Two Worlds11 > 2 The "Pearl and the Gold"39 > 3 Smith's Epic73 > 4 Innocence Lost99 > 5 Virginea Britannia131 > 6 War and Retribution157 > 7 Redeeming Pocahontas193 > 8 For "The Good of the Plantation"225 > 9 "Fatall Possession"249 > Epilogue: After the Fall279 > Illustration Credits291 > Notes293 > Index323 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________________ > Click for free info on online degrees and make up to $150K/ year. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nlXF9Zij0UxPLRvnx9QThD gaU > 8mS1u0QqWsXA0Bqh8Tcxmw/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1733 - Release Date: > 10/20/2008 > 7:25 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free search of religious schools located near you. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oJxrUBNzmbwJKlWD8SXSOb r9Q7Fk3DbnPTepqfq2K3Omn7C/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I will have to check that out. Thanks --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Betty A Pace <[email protected]> wrote: From: Betty A Pace <[email protected]> Subject: [PACE] Fw: Re: A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James Horn. To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 11:29 AM Roy, I heard it in Norfolk, VA on PBS channel 15 (WHRO). The author (Dr. James Horn) gave a short lecture and Q&A, which was sponsored by the Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. A tape may be available, if anyone wants it. Betty --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Betty A Pace <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:38:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [PACE] A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James Horn. Message-ID: <[email protected]> Roy, That would be fine. Betty On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:02:16 -0500 "Roy Johnson" <[email protected]> writes: > I would like to put these reviews of this book on the Pace Network > with your > permission. I have some book reviews there now and intended to set > up a book > review section. Okay? > > Roy Johnson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Betty A Pace > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PACE] A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of > America / > James Horn. > > A new look at Jamestown. > > I heard Dr. Horn;s televised presentation on PBS and he signaled > that > this book shows that Jamestown colonists almost failed, and had > they > failed, the English would have given up the Chesapeake Bay area, > only to > be followed by some other European power. Even New England might not > have > lasted in English hands. Thus our country might not be > English-speaking > today. My own library has the book (summarized below from the > library > catalog) and I have put in a request for it. > > A land as God made it : Jamestown and the birth of America / James > Horn. > A land as God made it : Horn, James P. P. > > Call Number: 975.5425 HOR > Publication Information: New York : Basic Books, c2005. > > Physical Description: p. cm. > > ISBN: 0465030947 (hc : alk. paper) $26.00 > > > Summary > What if Jamestown-the first permanent English settlement in North > America-had collapsed? Would efforts to establish an English colony > have > been abandoned? Would other European powers such as the Spanish, > Dutch, > or French have moved into the mid-Atlantic region instead? Without > Virginia, would the Pilgrims have ever gone to Plymouth? Would the > English have ever established themselves as the major colonial power > on > the mainland of North America? Would modern American society have > been > entirely different? Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc. > > Publisher's Weekly Review > Horn, who heads the library at the Colonial Williamsburg > Foundation, > offers a history that will put Plymouth in its place. Not only was > Jamestown settled before Plymouth, in 1607, but, says Horn, it was > the > seedbed of many themes, both glorious (representative government) > and > tragic (imperialism), that run through American history. In this > detailed > narrative of Jamestown's first 18 years, Horn focuses primarily on > the > relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans. > (He > gives disappointingly scant attention to the first Africans' arrival > in > 1619.) Jamestown was the first English colony in North America to > succeed; that success was "disastrous" for the Indians. The town > leader > John Smith figures prominently in Horn's tale. Smith's own written > recollection of his captivity by Indians is the source for the > well-known > story that a young Pocahontas saved his life; Horn dismisses > Smith's > account as implausibly exaggerated. In Horn's view, a pivotal point > in > Indian-Anglo relations was the Powhatan uprising of 1622. Any hope > that > the English might partner with the Indians against Spain and treat > them > with kindness or justice was killed thereafter, the settlers were > determined to exclude the Indians from their new commonwealth. 12 > b&w > illus., 6 maps. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of > Reed > Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright Reed Business > Information > Reed Elsevier Inc. > > Library Journal Review > Horn (director, John D. Rockefeller Lib., Colonial Williamsburg > Foundation; Adapting to a New World) writes an account of the > Jamestown > Colony, founded in 1607 the first permanent English settlement in > North > America, predating the Mayflower's arrival at Plymouth by 13 years. > Horn's story encompasses such legendary figures as Capt. John Smith > and > Pocahontas although Horn discounts the importance of the latter. He > defines in detail the significance of Jamestown: many of the themes > that > run through American history were first invoked there. For example, > on > March 22, 1622, hundreds of Powhatan warriors burned the > settlement, > taking the lives of 347 colonists. This calamitous event, which > came > close to destroying Jamestown, forever altered the relationship > between > the English and the Indians in the New World: no longer was it > possible > to achieve peace between the two peoples. Additionally, Jamestown > was > where slavery was first introduced into England's American Colonies; > it > also was primary in employing a representative government. Thus, > Horn > demonstrates that the Jamestown experience, for good and ill, played > a > formative role in defining America. Recommended for all public > libraries. > Karen Sutherland, Bartlett P.L., IL Copyright ? Reed Business > Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. > Copyright Reed Business Information Reed Elsevier Inc. > > Author Biography > James Horn is O'Neill Director of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. > Library at > The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and lecturer at the College of > William & Mary Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc. > > Table of Contents > AcknowledgmentsXI > Prologue: Before Jamestown1 > 1 Two Worlds11 > 2 The "Pearl and the Gold"39 > 3 Smith's Epic73 > 4 Innocence Lost99 > 5 Virginea Britannia131 > 6 War and Retribution157 > 7 Redeeming Pocahontas193 > 8 For "The Good of the Plantation"225 > 9 "Fatall Possession"249 > Epilogue: After the Fall279 > Illustration Credits291 > Notes293 > Index323 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________________ > Click for free info on online degrees and make up to $150K/ year. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nlXF9Zij0UxPLRvnx9QThD gaU > 8mS1u0QqWsXA0Bqh8Tcxmw/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1733 - Release Date: > 10/20/2008 > 7:25 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free search of religious schools located near you. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oJxrUBNzmbwJKlWD8SXSOb r9Q7Fk3DbnPTepqfq2K3Omn7C/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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