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James Towne : Struggle for Survival

James Towne : Struggle for Survival Hardcover - 2001

by Marcia Sewall

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  • very good
  • Hardcover

Told from the point of view of one of the settlers of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia, this story tells how half the colonists died in 1607 because of disease and a scarcity of food, and how Captain John Smith was elected president of the settlement and maintained good relations with the settlement's Native American neighbors. Full-color illustrations.

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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title James Towne : Struggle for Survival
  • Author Marcia Sewall
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0689818149I4N10
  • ISBN 9780689818141 / 0689818149
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.32 x 10.33 x 0.42 in (26.21 x 26.24 x 1.07 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 5
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Geographic Orientation: Virginia
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Pioneers, Jamestown (Va.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99032167
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.542

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2001, Page 1872
  • Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2001, Page 477
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2001, Page 438
  • Ingram Children's Advance, 05/01/2001, Page 66
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 05/01/2001, Page 666
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/09/2001, Page 70
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2001, Page 141

About the author

Marcia Sewall is the author and illustrator of many award-winning books
for children, including Pilgrims of Plimoth, winner of the 1986 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction; People of the Breaking Day; Thunder From the Clear Sky; and, most recently, Nickommoh!, written by Jackie French Koller. She is a graduate of Brown University and has studied and taught at various art schools. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.