| Richard of Jamestown: A Story of Virginia Colony Contributor(s): Otis, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0979087600 ISBN-13: 9780979087608 Publisher: Living Books Press OUR PRICE: $9.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Richard of Jamestown: A Story of Jamestown Colony--a compelling and historically-accurate tale of ten-year-old Richard Mutton, who sailed with Captain John Smith on the Susan B Constant to help found Jamestown Colony in 1606. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1910. From the Foreword: The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or gain. That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out as histories, although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation, and only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used. Surely it is entertaining as well as instructive for young people to read of the toil and privations in the homes of those who came into a new world to build up a country for themselves, and such homely facts are not to be found in the real histories of our land. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
