Again, blatant discrimination against the zillions of VA-HIST afficiandos 
who DO NOT live in hailing distance of Richmond.

But seriously, the topic sounds most interesting.  Is there any way for 
those of us who live closer to two other State Capitals (Pennsylvania and 
Marylad) than to Richmond to get a copy of the presentation?

Randy Cabell
The Trumpeter of the Hinterlands
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kneebone" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Free Lecture: Why Did Jamestown Survive?


> Why Did Jamestown Survive? Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New 
> Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, will discuss that question at 
> 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at the Richmond  Salons at Virginia 
> Commonwealth University’s Student Commons, 907 Floyd Avenue. For more 
> information, please contact John Kneebone, 828-9706. The lecture is free 
> and open to the public.
>
> At Jamestown in 1607, a small number of Europeans landed in the middle of 
> a rapidly expanding, much more populous Indian polity run by an extremely 
> savvy leader. Worse, the Europeans were totally unprepared for 
> colonization. Their death toll was awful—5 out of 6 died between 1607 and 
> 1624. The question immediately presents itself: why did Jamestown survive?
>
> A correspondent for both Science and the Atlantic Monthly, Mann is the 
> co-author of At Large: The Strange Case of the World’s Biggest Internet 
> Invasion, The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century 
> Physics, and Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species.
>
> The May 2007 issue of National Geographic Magazine will feature his 
> article, “America, Lost and Found,” about the establishment of the 
> Jamestown settlement 400 years ago.
>
> John T. Kneebone
> 5107 Caledonia Road
> Richmond, VA 23225
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> 804-231-1774
>
>