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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... week- ends spent rummaging through the lives of Jefferson, Washington, Henry, and others. My sister Robin Deans has been a lifelong source of wonder and love, never more so than in these recent months, when she has been at my side in ...
... week- ends spent rummaging through the lives of Jefferson, Washington, Henry, and others. My sister Robin Deans has been a lifelong source of wonder and love, never more so than in these recent months, when she has been at my side in ...
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... weeks after he turned ninety years old. “There had to be some antecedents. There had to be something, but we hadn't found it yet.” For Virginia's first families, the region was a very different place fifteen thousand years ago than it ...
... weeks after he turned ninety years old. “There had to be some antecedents. There had to be something, but we hadn't found it yet.” For Virginia's first families, the region was a very different place fifteen thousand years ago than it ...
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... the Strait of Dover and were beset by poor winds and rough seas. By January 5, after two weeks underway, the group had advanced less than a hundred miles. Winter gales forced them to drop anchor within site Lords of Navigation 45.
... the Strait of Dover and were beset by poor winds and rough seas. By January 5, after two weeks underway, the group had advanced less than a hundred miles. Winter gales forced them to drop anchor within site Lords of Navigation 45.
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... weeks, they lay there, tiny vessels tossed by the waves, passengers and idle crew jammed together below decks, sleeping two or three to a berth and breathing air clotted with the earthy reminders of their seasick and unbathed shipmates ...
... weeks, they lay there, tiny vessels tossed by the waves, passengers and idle crew jammed together below decks, sleeping two or three to a berth and breathing air clotted with the earthy reminders of their seasick and unbathed shipmates ...
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... Weeks shy of his twenty-seventh birthday, nearing middle age for the times, he was ready to put the lessons of hard experience to good use, and he had little regard for authority he considered inept or unearned. That went Lords of ...
... Weeks shy of his twenty-seventh birthday, nearing middle age for the times, he was ready to put the lessons of hard experience to good use, and he had little regard for authority he considered inept or unearned. That went Lords of ...
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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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