![]() " presents the story of early Virginia almost as though it were the plot of a colorful novel. This work has the special merit of revealing a historical treasure-like a lost Gilbert Stewart found in the dusty attic of history, a subject whose importance becomes as obvious as our neglect of it seems silly and wrong."― Washington Times "A rip-snortin' adventure, petty-and power-politics, blood-and-guts rivalries and more. A Land as God Made It should take a rightful place in the very short list of books that are must reading for anybody who wants to understand how it all began."― Richmond Times-Dispatch " is eminently well qualified and writes with assurance about the actual events and the many myths that surround the first years of the Colonial experience. All in all, an absolutely terrific book."― Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post ![]() He's also strong on the details: his version of the 1609 famine.ignites the horror in the reader's mind."― Russell Shorto, New York Times Book Review has done a careful job of synthesizing his material. ![]() Horn writes with clarity and precision, and in John Smith, he has a larger-than-life central figure. ![]() "A thorough and painstaking history of the Jamestown settlement. ![]()
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