Jamestown

In December 1606 when they set sail from London for the Virginia coast the people aboard the three ships anticipated the best. They would establish a British colony find gold and discover a water route to Asia. But what awaited them was far different - fire hunger sickness death even cannibalism. Here from the noted historian Marshall W. Fishwick is the dramatic story of Jamestown and the struggle of its leader Captain John Smith who with the help of Pocahontas daughter of the Algonquian chief Powhatan succeeded against all odds.