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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... Richmond journalist David Burton, whose gift for storytelling and passion for Virginia history have enriched my world since I was a child, generously shared his deep knowledge, allowed me to peruse his personal library, and read over ...
... Richmond journalist David Burton, whose gift for storytelling and passion for Virginia history have enriched my world since I was a child, generously shared his deep knowledge, allowed me to peruse his personal library, and read over ...
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... Richmond, the Virginia capital built at the falls of the James, I came to understand how this river has endured on the strength to be found in all of its waters, the rich confluence of mountain springs, piedmont creeks, and tidewater ...
... Richmond, the Virginia capital built at the falls of the James, I came to understand how this river has endured on the strength to be found in all of its waters, the rich confluence of mountain springs, piedmont creeks, and tidewater ...
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... Richmond York R Williamsburg Jamestown Roanoke R Nottoway R. Blackwater Point Comfort Cape Henry The James River runs about three hundred and forty miles from its headwaters in the Allegheny Mountains to its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay ...
... Richmond York R Williamsburg Jamestown Roanoke R Nottoway R. Blackwater Point Comfort Cape Henry The James River runs about three hundred and forty miles from its headwaters in the Allegheny Mountains to its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay ...
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... Richmond and along the river's tidewater reaches and toward the sea. Yeokanta was the Powhatan word for river. When the English first ar- rived, the Native Americans there called the James the Powhatan after the paramount chief of the ...
... Richmond and along the river's tidewater reaches and toward the sea. Yeokanta was the Powhatan word for river. When the English first ar- rived, the Native Americans there called the James the Powhatan after the paramount chief of the ...
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... Richmond churches and taverns , or the halls of the House of Burgesses in nearby Williamsburg , all of which were incubators of revolutionary thought . As the young republic rose from the flames of revolution 4 The River Where America ...
... Richmond churches and taverns , or the halls of the House of Burgesses in nearby Williamsburg , all of which were incubators of revolutionary thought . As the young republic rose from the flames of revolution 4 The River Where America ...
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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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