John Smith, is most often associated with being rescued by Pocahontas. He was a swashbuckling Englishman who won battles against impossible odds, a daring world explorer, a president, a mapmaker, a peacekeeper and something else...he was probably the greatest escape artist on the planet! He escaped from dangers over and over again, not only from indians but from angry mobs, slave drivers, French pirates, and even the deep blue sea.

The history of Jamestown learned from excavations of the site.

Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.

"Describes the life and time of Pocahontas and the First Colonies"--

In striking contrast to conventional accounts, Pocahontas is a bold and daring biography that attempts to tell the extraordinary story of the beloved Indian maiden from the Native American perspective. Drawing from sources often overlooked by Western historians, Dr. Paula Gunn Allen offers remarkable new insights into the adventurous life and sacred role of this foremost American heroine. We have all heard about the love-struck Pocahontas saving the...

Few women and children sailed to Jamestown in 1609. But to Joan, prosperous Virginia sounded promising, even when she was forced to leave a daughter behind. Even that Joan could bear. But the hurricane, the Starving Time, the Indian Wars-- Jamestown was nothing as she imagined ...

Four hundred years ago, colonists voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new world. Today, an amazing archaeological dig at Historic Jamestown promises to uncover new secrets from those earliest English settlers. Sam, Derek and Caitlin can't believe their luck when they are invited by Professor Evanshade to help with the archaeological digs for a week at Jamestown's Field School. Maybe they'll uncover something spectacular tracing all the...