The gripping adventure story (Christian Science Monitor) of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the mystery at the center of the American founding In 1587, John White led 118 English men, women, and children to Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, intending to establish the first English Colony in America.
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In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants.
He never saw his friends or family again.
He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition\'s sponsor, to rescue the imperiled colonists, but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found.
A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation.
In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a Colony from fearsome wilderness.
A compellingly original examination of one of the great unsolved mysteries of American history, A Kingdom Strange will be essential reading for anyone interested in our national origins.
In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants.
He never saw his friends or family again.
He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition\'s sponsor, to rescue the imperiled colonists, but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found.
A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation.
In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a Colony from fearsome wilderness.
Their descendants were discovered a century later, a living testament to America\'s remarkable origins.
Their disappearance has remained a mystery for four centuries, but as James Horn reveals in A Kingdom Strange, some from the party survived.
White returned to England for help, but when he returned to Roanoke in 1590, the colonists were nowhere to be found; never saw his friends or family again.
Faced with dwindling supplies and hostile Indians, they soon found themselves struggling to survive.
The gripping adventure story (Christian Science Monitor) of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the mystery at the center of the American founding In 1587, John White led 118 English men, women, and children to Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, intending to establish the first English Colony in America
