Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier - Softcover

Karwoski, Gail Langer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561452459 ISBN 13: 9781561452453

Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company, 2001

Synopsis

This stirring story of survival set against the backdrop of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, introduces Samuel Collier, the page of famed Captain John Smith.
In 1607, a year after the Virginia Company was granted a charter to establish a settlement in North America, 104 men set sail on a voyage to a new land. Among the brave adventurers who make the journey is a young boy named Samuel Collier, the page of famed Captain John Smith. Disease, famine, and continuing attacks by neighboring Algonquin Native Americans take a tremendous toll on the settlers. Samuel is one of the few to survive the harsh realities of the New World during the first few years of Jamestown.
Based on author Gail Karwoski’s careful research of the era, this fictional account portrays the struggles and successes of our country’s earliest settlers. Young readers will enjoy this story of courage and survival while learning about this important period in the history of the United States.

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About the Author:

Gail Langer Karwoski taught third- and fourth-grade students for many years. She received a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MA from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Georgia.

Paul Casale graduated from the Pratt Institute, where he won numerous awards. A member of the Society of Illustrators, he has illustrated many children’s books, including Surviving Jamestown and the Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries series. He lives in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1561452459
• ISBN 13: 9781561452453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198
• Illustrator: Casale Paul