Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin

Name: Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nFor readers of Nathaniel Philbrick''s Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America''s founding myth. \n\nWe all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled shining city on a hill. Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale of lazy louts hunted gold till they starved and shiftless settlers who had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law. \n\nNeither story is true. In Marooned, Joseph Kelly re-examines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of .