MY ADVENTURES WITH JOHN SMITH

John Smith was the son of an English farmer. He went on to become a jousting knight a decorated war hero a slave an escaped slave a cartographer a pirate and most remarkable of all the president of the Jamestown Colony. As president he ruled over aristocrats negotiated with Chief Powhatan and befriended Pocahontas. His feats of daring on three continents are all the more remarkable because they're true! Meet Smith and his wisecracking fast-talking parrot who narrates this action-packed saga. This is history that kids will find irresistible.- Professor James Stigler UCLA.