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1) The Jamestown project

Author

Kupperman, Karen Ordahl

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

380 p. ; 24 cm.

2) When the moon has no more silver: based on the true story of the women & children at Jamestown : a novel

Author

Lapallo, Connie

Pub. Date

2011.

Physical Desc

495 pages : illustrations, maps, charts, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.

3) Our strange new land: Elizabeth's diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary volume 1
Dear America
Elizabeth's diary volume 1
My America

Pub. Date

2000

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

109 p. : ill ; 20 cm.

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Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.

4) The Jamestown Colony

Author

January, Brendan

Series

We the people

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

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An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

5) The starving time

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary volume 2
Dear America book
Elizabeth's diary volume 2
My America

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

109 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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Elizabeth Barker continues to write to her "friend," her diary, as disease and lack of food further plague the suffering settlers at Jamestown.

6) The Jamestown Colony

Author

Worland, Gayle

Series

Let freedom ring. Colonial America

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.

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Follows the struggles and triumphs of the colonists who came to the New World and founded Jamestown Colony in what would become Virginia.

7) A bride most begrudging

Author

Gist, Deeanne

Series

Brides series (Deeanne Gist) volume 1

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for.

8) The story of Jamestown

Author

Braun, Eric

Series

Graphic library: graphic history
Graphic library. Graphic history
Graphic library graphic history

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Formats

Book, eComic

Description

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"In graphic novel format, tells the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America"--T.p. verso.

9) A pictorial story of Jamestown, Virginia

Author

Hudson, J. Paul

Pub. Date

1957

Physical Desc

54 p. : ill.

10) Tidewater dynasty: the Lees of Stratford Hall

Author

Roberts, Carey

Pub. Date

c1981

Physical Desc

435 p ; cm.

11) The settling of Jamestown

Author

Riehecky, Janet

Series

Landmark events in American history

Pub. Date

2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

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Examines the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.

12) Miracle: the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture

Author

Karwoski, Gail

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

64 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

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In the summer of 1609 a fleet of nine ships left England bound for the Jamestown Colony. Days before landfall, the fleet was hit by a hurricane. Four nights later, the flagship, Sea Venture, ran aground on the reefs on Bermuda's northern coast. Miraculously everyone survived. This is their story.

13) A bound heart

Author

Frantz, Laura

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"Their stations could not have been more different: a Scottish laird and a simple lass. When a tragedy forces both to colonial Virginia as indentured servants, can a love thwarted by tradition come to life in a new land?" --

14) Colonial Virginia

Author

Morton, Richard L

Pub. Date

1960

Physical Desc

2 v. (xiv, 883 p.) : ill., maps, ports., facsims. ; 25 cm.

15) Colonial Virginia: a history

Author

Billings, Warren M

Series

History of the American colonies

Pub. Date

c1986

Physical Desc

420 p ; 24 cm.

16) The evolution of the southern backcountry: a case study of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1832

Author

Beeman, Richard R

Pub. Date

c1984

Physical Desc

xvi, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

17) Why did English settlers come to Virginia?: and other questions about the Jamestown settlement

Author

Ransom, Candice F

Series

Six questions of American history

Pub. Date

c2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

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Discusses the Jamestown settlement and its part in early United States history.

18) Jamestown, John Smith, and Pocahontas in American history

Author

Edwards, Judith

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4

Physical Desc

128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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Traces the dangers and adventures surrounding the history of the first permanent British settlement in America, highlighting the roles played by John Smith, Pocahontas, and other individuals.

19) American slavery, American freedom: the ordeal of colonial Virginia

Author

Morgan, Edmund Sears

Pub. Date

[1975]

Physical Desc

x, 454 p. : map ; 24 cm.

20) The James

Author

Niles, Blair

Series

Rivers of America

Pub. Date

[c1939]

Physical Desc

x, 359 [13] p. : ill. ; cm.

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1) The Jamestown project

2) When the moon has no more silver: based on the true story of the women & children at Jamestown : a novel

3) Our strange new land: Elizabeth's diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609

4) The Jamestown Colony

5) The starving time

6) The Jamestown Colony

7) A bride most begrudging

8) The story of Jamestown

9) A pictorial story of Jamestown, Virginia

10) Tidewater dynasty: the Lees of Stratford Hall

11) The settling of Jamestown

12) Miracle: the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture

13) A bound heart

14) Colonial Virginia

15) Colonial Virginia: a history

16) The evolution of the southern backcountry: a case study of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1832

17) Why did English settlers come to Virginia?: and other questions about the Jamestown settlement

18) Jamestown, John Smith, and Pocahontas in American history

19) American slavery, American freedom: the ordeal of colonial Virginia

20) The James

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