Category: History - American
When my _Tales of the Virginia Coast_ was published in 1950 the _New York Times_ (Book Review) page "In and Out of Books" asked the Dietz Press: "Do you really have an author named Pocahontas Wight Edmunds?" Before the printer's ink was dry a reporter rushed in to tell him tha...
"What goes on in the world away?" Opechancanough just had to know. Curiosity killed a cat, but it was not going to kill him, for he was sparing Captain Smith long enough to empt...
4. Part 4Rolfe was the first tobacconist. In 1610 an excellent plant was imported from Trinidad. Later, another from Venezuela was transported here, and cross-breeding was tried. He had...
5. Part 5She rushed from the room, and it took her hours to compose herself. When she would have flung her arms about his neck, his cool English eyes had reproved her, calling her rebell...
3. Part 3Newport brought in the second supply in October 1608, and with it many changes. Two women were among the passengers--Mrs. Forrest and her maid, Anne Burras. When the latter beca...
1. Part 1When my _Tales of the Virginia Coast_ was published in 1950 the _New York Times_ (Book Review) page "In and Out of Books" asked the Dietz Press: "Do you really have an author na...
6. Part 6Adams, Henry, "Captain John Smith, Sometime Governour in Virginia and Admirall of New England," _Chapters of Erie and Other Essays_ by Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams, Jr....