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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.
Subjects and Genres:
Algonquian Indians > First contact with other peoples.
Indians of North America > First contact with Europeans > North Carolina.
Roanoke Colony.
Roanoke Island (N.C.) > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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