Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony

by Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Overview

The story of Roanoke is a tale marked by courage, miscalculation, exhilaration, intrigue, and enduring mystery. Now in its second edition, Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony tells the tragic and heroic story of the lost colony during the years between Columbus's voyages and the landing of the Mayflower. Award-winning historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman brings to life the struggle of the settlers and the complex Native American cultures they encountered; and examines reasons for the colony's failure and what might have become of the first English settlers in the New World.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742552630
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/18/2007
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	748,669
Product dimensions:	8.76(w) x 5.82(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Karen Ordahl Kupperman is Silver Professor of History at New York University. She is the award-winning author of Indians and English: Facing Off in Early America and Providence Island, 1630-1641: The Other Puritan Colony.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: England's Bid for Greatness Chapter 2: The First Colony: A Military Outpost Chapter 3: Expectations Chapter 4: The Carolina Algonquians on the Eve of Colonization Chapter 5: The Strained Relationship of Indians and Colonists Chapter 6: The Debate Over Colonies Chapter 7: A Genuine Settlement Chapter 8: Abandonment at Roanoke Chapter 9: Endings Epilogue: The Nature of Successful Colonization Afterword

Editorial Reviews

A sensitive, stimulating, and exceptionally well-written book.

A skillful and readable account of a fascinating chapter in American history.

A work of drama and intrigue.

Evokes a powerful sense of this dramatic, yet tragic, chapter in the English colonial experience in North America.

Roanoke is the best book on the subject . . . skillfully reconstructing the events and invoking the personalities of England's first American outpost. And more than any previous work on the subject, it reveals how the Indians played crucial roles in the rise and fall of Raleigh's Lost Colony.

The definitive account of the 'lost colonists' of Roanoke. Karen Ordahl Kupperman tells a dramatic story of courage, greed, and misadventure. . . . Anyone curious about the enduring mysteries of Roanoke will enjoy Kupperman's book.

From the Publisher

The definitive account of the 'lost colonists' of Roanoke. Karen Ordahl Kupperman tells a dramatic story of courage, greed, and misadventure.. .. Anyone curious about the enduring mysteries of Roanoke will enjoy Kupperman's book.

T. H. Breen

A skillful and readable account of a fascinating chapter in American history.

Journal of Southern History

Evokes a powerful sense of this dramatic, yet tragic, chapter in the English colonial experience in North America.

Choice Reviews

A work of drama and intrigue.

|Los Angeles Times

Roanoke is the best book on the subject. .. skillfully reconstructing the events and invoking the personalities of England's first American outpost. And more than any previous work on the subject, it reveals how the Indians played crucial roles in the rise and fall of Raleigh's Lost Colony.

Alden T. Vaughan

A sensitive, stimulating, and exceptionally well-written book.

Journal of American History

Evokes a powerful sense of this dramatic, yet tragic, chapter in the English colonial experience in North America.

CHOICE

Evokes a powerful sense of this dramatic, yet tragic, chapter in the English colonial experience in North America.

Choice

A work of drama and intrigue.

Los Angeles Times