Smith's role as the president of the pioneering colony of Jamestown is well known to schoolchildren. Rosalyn Schanzer's compelling narrative adds the perspective of …
Smith's role as the president of the pioneering colony of Jamestown is well known to schoolchildren. Rosalyn Schanzer's compelling narrative adds the perspective of Smith's English background to his better known adventures in America including escape from imprisonment, ambush by Indians, attacks by ruthless sea pirates, and more escapades than seem possible in one life. Readers are given a complete portrait of the intrepid explorer and adventurer, of the fighter whose battling spirit always prevailed, and of the writer whose work was to shape the idea of the American Dream.
Smith's story is punctuated by several impossibly daring escapes. His final escape left us with the rich legacy of his life story: through his writings, he escaped the fate of dying unknown. He returned to England as a poor man with a rich trove of memories, spending his final years writing the popular books that defined colonial America in tales of excitement and courage.
