In the early 17th century, Serena Lynn, determined to be with the man she has loved since childhood, travels to the New World where she meets John Smith.
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Having lived in Virginia for six years since 1622, Katherine does not want to leave her family's tobacco plantation after learning of her betrothment to an English heir.
Examines the life of sixteenth-century explorer and colonial leader John Smith, focusing on his role in establishing and governing the colony of Jamestown, and discussing his further explorations of New England.
Richard Ayre travels to America to become an indentured servant in the Jamestown Colony, where he befriends an Native American boy who teaches him an important lesson about friendship.
Discusses the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607, and looks at how the English colonists weathered disease, starvation, winter storms, and Native American attacks to survive and thrive under the leadership of Captain John Smith.
Presents an account of the founding and difficult early years of the Jamestown Colony and discusses why colonists traveled from England to North America, what struggles the colonists faced in the settlement's first years and who led the colony and helped it become a success.
A biography of the English explorer John Smith, providing information on his childhood, and how his explorations paved the way for colonists,describing how his ingenuity and bravery served as an example of how to survive in the New World.
