It is great the way the author has brought the character's alive you feel like you are there beside them on their journey to Jamestown, VA in 1607. You can actually experience the hardship's that the settler's went through, you actually learn more about the way the settler's had to live that you never will find in any textbook. You will walk with Samuel Collier, Capt. John Smith, and Cheif Powhatan's tribes or empire as it is called in some books. It teaches that no one is more superior to any other, but that you will always find people who think they are. But in the times of Jamestown's birth that kind of thinking only hurt the settlement, only when they worked togather were they truely standing strong.
i have read this book a couple years ago, and it was a really great book. The main idea of this book is literally about the finding and surviving James Town.
The is a fascinating rendering of the origins of the colony of Jamestown based on the actual characters who were part of it all. Key character is Samuel Collier, about 14 years of age, who is slated to become a page to Captain John Smith. Smith teaches young Samuel to use both a sword and a musket as well as arranging for him to live a winter with a friendly Indian tribe to understand how to survive the ravages of winter in this new land.
The feisty Samuel is fiercely loyal to Smith whose humble origins demean his worth to the gentlemen of the Jamestown colony who believe they know best how to run the settlement and cope with the Indians. As gentlemen they are certan that their old world ways will serve them best in this new one. Twice, Smith is scheduled for the gallows when he does not agree but fortunately he is not hanged.
The author writes a historically accurate tale full of adventure and action. Furthermore, she uses quotes from Jamestown journals and has many footnote references. Even her religious references are appropriate for the time. Fine read!
The feisty Samuel is fiercely loyal to Smith whose humble origins demean his worth to the gentlemen of the Jamestown colony who believe they know best how to run the settlement and cope with the Indians. As gentlemen they are certan that their old world ways will serve them best in this new one. Twice, Smith is scheduled for the gallows when he does not agree but fortunately he is not hanged.
The author writes a historically accurate tale full of adventure and action. Furthermore, she uses quotes from Jamestown journals and has many footnote references. Even her religious references are appropriate for the time. Fine read!
