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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... corn and sorghum fields along the gravel lane that snaked over the railroad tracks and up to the red brick farmhouse where Clyde Gibson presides over a national treasure. “Yeah, we let people go back there and see it,” he said ...
... corn and sorghum fields along the gravel lane that snaked over the railroad tracks and up to the red brick farmhouse where Clyde Gibson presides over a national treasure. “Yeah, we let people go back there and see it,” he said ...
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... corn , cotton , and iron into products and profits in the beginnings of this country's industrial revolution . And it was along the river that heavy , oaken packet boats and bateaus ferried goods be- tween the manufacturing center of ...
... corn , cotton , and iron into products and profits in the beginnings of this country's industrial revolution . And it was along the river that heavy , oaken packet boats and bateaus ferried goods be- tween the manufacturing center of ...
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... corn and beans in the fertile flood plain, hunted turkey and deer and bear in its forested hillside flanks, raised children, took care of their lame and their old, and set up scores of villages and hunting camps linked by the path of ...
... corn and beans in the fertile flood plain, hunted turkey and deer and bear in its forested hillside flanks, raised children, took care of their lame and their old, and set up scores of villages and hunting camps linked by the path of ...
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... corn like a child counts the candles on a birth- day cake . That lets them peer back thousands of years into the past and re- liably date that same bone fragment or seed to within several decades of its actual age , as was done with ...
... corn like a child counts the candles on a birth- day cake . That lets them peer back thousands of years into the past and re- liably date that same bone fragment or seed to within several decades of its actual age , as was done with ...
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... corn, sunflowers, beans, and squash, adding predictability to their diet and an- choring them ever more to the land. Around three thousand years ago, this gradual shift from a migratory lifestyle to more sedentary ways led to the ...
... corn, sunflowers, beans, and squash, adding predictability to their diet and an- choring them ever more to the land. Around three thousand years ago, this gradual shift from a migratory lifestyle to more sedentary ways led to the ...
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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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