A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

The definitive history of the Jamestown colony, the crucible of American history

“An absolutely terrific book.” —New York Times

In this beautiful, vividly told story, James Horn describes the beginnings of England’s first successful colony in America, persuasively demonstrating that Jamestown was the first great crucible of American history.

A Land As God Made It describes the unimaginable hardships endured by early colonists in their efforts to establish a settlement, their search for gold ...