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A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose

Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606,

approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold

and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease,

hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the

men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership

of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English

settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the

great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it

fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original

documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major

figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the

resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited

Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rare

balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and

debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of

history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the

dawning of our nation.

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David A. Price has written for The Wall Street Journal,

The Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes, and

Business 2.0. He was formerly a reporter in the Washington,

D.C., bureau of Investor's Business Daily. He holds degrees

from Harvard Law School, Cambridge University, and the College of

William and Mary. He was raised in Richmond, Virginia, and now

lives with his wife and their two sons in Washington, D.C.

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“Splendidly realized. . . . Price has given the Jamestown story

a contemporary freshness.”–

The Boston Globe

“Solid and engaging. . . . Price focuses on the human

story of Jamestown, nearly mythic in its resonances.”

--The New

York Times

“Price clears away the misconceptions and sugar-coated

half truths to reveal the true story of the Virginia Colony. . . .

Full of drama, tragedy, and heartbreak.” --

Richmond

Times-Dispatch

“Price’s well-researched book skillfully weaves together period

letters and historical documents into a narrative and is an

engaging and detailed account of the many lives that clashed during

the founding of Virginia.” --

US News & World Report

“A scrupulously researched retelling. . . . One cannot

help but be impressed by the depth and breadth of Price’s

knowledge.” --

The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Not only intellectually palatable, but also a juicy

feast of compelling storytelling. . . .

Love and Hate in

Jamestown

deserves an honored spot in any history buff’s

library.” –

Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Greed, arrogance, intrigue, valor, stupidity, suspense,

and cataclysmic tragedy . . . Price interweaves all these elements

with a graceful, reportorial style that never forgets the humanity

of the individuals involved.” –

Orlando Sentinel

“The most historically correct and stylistically elegant rendering

of John Smith and Pocahontas that I have ever read.” –Joseph J.

Ellis, author of

Founding Brothers

“The story David Price tells so lucidly is far more compelling than

the popular tale. . . . A splendid book.” –

The Christian Science

Monitor

“John Smith . . . is scrupulously brought to life. . . .

Price has re-created a figure to whom this nation owes a debt.”

—

Dallas Morning News

“The Jamestown story is splendidly realized. . . . Firmly grounded

in original sources, particularly Smith’s own vivid records, and in

later scholarship.” –

Detroit Free Press

“A superb narrative of the founding of the first colony.” –

The

New York

Sun

“[Price] has perused literally all existing record,

letters, articles, manu*s, shipping accounts, slavery files,

and other accounts to bring us the real story of the complex first

years of the colony. . . . A valuable study.” –

The Decatur

Daily

“In Price’s research, both Smith and Pocahontas emerge as

full, compelling characters.” –

Washington City Paper

“[An] admirable new history. . . . A fine book, one that

personifies the virtues I esteem in a work of popular history:

clarity, intelligence, grace, novelty, and brevity.” –David L.

Beck,

San Jose Mercury News

“[An] impeccably researched and very able retelling . . . The

intersection of the Jamestown story with the careers of Smith and

Pocahontas makes a fascinating narrative, and Price has done it

full justice.” –

The Independent

(London)

书籍介绍

A New York Times Notable Book and a San Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003 In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rare balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the dawning of our nation.