The Jamestown Colony (We the People)

January, Brendan

ISBN 10: 0756500435 ISBN 13: 9780756500436

Publisher: Compass Point Books, 2000

Synopsis

An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

About this title

About the Author

Brendan January graduated from Haverford College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has written several nonfiction books for young readers, including one recognized as a Best Science Book of 1999 by the National Science Teachers Association. Brendan January is currently a journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer and lives with his wife in New Jersey.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-These series titles are simple in appearance and format, with large type and lots of white space. Profusely illustrated with full-color and black-and-white reproductions, maps, and photographs, the texts are quite readable, sometimes engagingly so, providing a good introductory overview of the historical sites or event being treated. Unfortunately, many of the quotes are unattributed and the picture captions fail to acknowledge which selections are artists' renderings. The primary weakness in these accounts, however, is in the omission of the Native American perspective on the Jamestown settlers or the Lewis and Clark expedition. The failure to acknowledge that the story of the past is not the same for the different peoples involved is a missed opportunity and poor historiography.
Nancy Collins-Warner, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0756500435
• ISBN 13: 9780756500436
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48