Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London.
The lush Virginia shore where they establish the colony of James Town is both beautifu.
But beginning with the stormy journey and his first contact with the native people, he realizes that the New World is nothing like he imagined.
He\'s heard that gold washes ashore with every tide.
So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can\'t believe his good fortune.
Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London