Roanoke, the abandoned colony

In Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony, Karen Ordahl Kupperman recounts one of the most gripping stories in American history. Writing from a background in both Indian and English history, she movingly describes the first English colony in America and places it within the context of the most recent histori...

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Main Author: Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Rowman & Allanheld, 1984.
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300 |a viii, 182 pages ;  |c 22 cm. 
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505 0 |a England's bid for greatness -- The first colony: a military outpost -- Expectations -- The Carolina Algonquians on the eve of colonization -- The strained relathionshp of indians and colonists -- The debate over colonies -- A genuine settlement -- Abandonment at Roanoke -- Endings -- Epilogue: the nature of successful colonization. 
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