colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Life in Philadelphia after America's declaration of independence is very exciting for Barbara Lyman and Patsy Black. British spies could be anywhere, even in Barbara's stables. When her father offers shelter to two travelers, Barbara suspects they're up to no good and does some spying of her own. She discovers they are British soldiers, but before she can go for help, they steal the wagon she's hiding in, and Barbara must figure out a way to escape before they reach the British camp.

Two English children are told the story of their grandfather's experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607.

Examines the creation of the original thirteen colonies in the United States, from the failed colony of Roanoke in 1587 to the formation of the Georgia colony in 1733.

As a brother and sister follow the directions in a rebus letter they discover in their father's shop, they are led to help people in various places throughout eighteenth-century Williamsburg.

Follows a young man as he uses different modes of transportation to make the long difficult trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in the spring of 1775.

Traces the dangers and adventures surrounding the history of the first permanent British settlement in America, highlighting the roles played by John Smith, Pocahontas, and other individuals.

An English youth and an Indian girl are caught up in the events leading to the mysterious disappearance of the colony at Roanoke Island.

Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the American colonial era, and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.

John Tradescant the Younger, gardener to King Charles I, finds his loyalties questioned as England descends into civil war and his family is put in danger because of John's ties to the King.