The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the JamesRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008 M12 16 - 320 páginas From the establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the fall of Richmond in 1865, the James River has been instrumental in the formation of modern America. It was along the James that British and Native American cultures collided and, in a twisted paradox, the seeds of democracy and slavery were sown side by side. The culture crafted by Virginia's learned aristocrats, merchants, farmers, and frontiersmen gave voice to the cause of the American Revolution and provided a vision for the fledgling independent nation's future. Over the course of the United States' first century, the James River bore witness to the irreconcilable contradiction of a slave-holding nation dedicated to liberty and equality for all. When that intractable conflict ignited civil war, the James River served as a critical backdrop for the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history. As he guides readers through this exciting historical narrative, Deans gives life to a dynamic cast of characters including the familiar Powhatan, John Smith, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, and Robert E. Lee, as well as those who have largely escaped historical notoriety. The River Where America Began takes readers on a journey along the James River from the earliest days of civilization nearly 15,000 years ago through the troubled English settlement at Jamestown and finishes with Lincoln's tour of the defeated capital of Richmond in 1865. Deans traces the historical course of a river whose contributions to American life are both immeasurable and unique. This innovative history invites us all to look into these restless waters in a way that connects us to our past and reminds us of who we are as Americans. |
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... find with great accuracy . All plants and animals contain carbon , a sort of crude oil of life , and its faintly radioactive isotope , carbon - 14 . With death , that radioactivity be- gins to fade from animal or plant tissue at a slow ...
... find with great accuracy . All plants and animals contain carbon , a sort of crude oil of life , and its faintly radioactive isotope , carbon - 14 . With death , that radioactivity be- gins to fade from animal or plant tissue at a slow ...
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... find. For historians, whose work relies heavily upon the written record, there is the equally perilous problem of culture. Much of what we presume to know about Powhatan and his interna- tionally famous daughter, Pocahontas, has come ...
... find. For historians, whose work relies heavily upon the written record, there is the equally perilous problem of culture. Much of what we presume to know about Powhatan and his interna- tionally famous daughter, Pocahontas, has come ...
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... find his mandate weakened, his position in jeopardy, his job ap- proval rating on the skids. As chief, Powhatan was a force unto himself, the final tribal arbiter on matters of state, with the power to levy tribute, make war, and render ...
... find his mandate weakened, his position in jeopardy, his job ap- proval rating on the skids. As chief, Powhatan was a force unto himself, the final tribal arbiter on matters of state, with the power to levy tribute, make war, and render ...
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... find redemption in America, wrote Hakluyt, and, in- deed, “may there be raised again, and do their country good service.” Not only could the jobless rabble of England be transformed into pro- ducers of wealth, he wrote, but also the ...
... find redemption in America, wrote Hakluyt, and, in- deed, “may there be raised again, and do their country good service.” Not only could the jobless rabble of England be transformed into pro- ducers of wealth, he wrote, but also the ...
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... find the likes of Smith, the commoner, arguing against him. In Smith's account, debate became so acrimonious that Hunt's intervention was required to contain it. Even before they left sight of England, the group had begun to square off ...
... find the likes of Smith, the commoner, arguing against him. In Smith's account, debate became so acrimonious that Hunt's intervention was required to contain it. Even before they left sight of England, the group had begun to square off ...
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Chapter 05 Democracy in America | 89 |
Chapter 06 Wade in the Water | 117 |
Chapter 07 Liberty or Death | 159 |
Chapter 08 River of Dreams | 217 |
Chapter 09 A New Birth of Freedom | 249 |
Undimmed by Human Tears | 277 |
Bibliography | 289 |
Index | 299 |
About the Author | 319 |
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