Dear VA-Histers,
 
Please join us at the Library of Virginia on Thursday, May 11, at noon,
for a presentation by author James Horn on his recent book A Land As God
Made It: Jamestown And The Birth Of America. 
 
A Land as God Made It reveals many of the key tensions of Jamestown's
early years that became central to American history: Jamestown
introduced slavery into English-speaking North America; it became the
first of England's colonies to adopt a representative government; and,
it was the site of the first clashes between whites and Indians over
territorial expansion. Jamestown began the tenuous, often violent,
mingling of different peoples that came to embody the American
experience. A Land As God Made It also puts the Jamestown experience in
the context of European geopolitics, giving prominence to the Spanish
threat to extinguish the colony at the earliest opportunity.
 
Dr. James Horn is Director of Research and the Abby and George O'Neill
Director of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation.  He is the author of numerous books and
articles on colonial America, and is currently editing the writings of
Captain John Smith for the Library of America series.  He has taught at
the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, the
University of Brighton and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
of Great Britain.

Dr. Horn's talk will be followed by a book signing sponsored by the
Virginia Shop, where copies of the book are now available. 
 
Our Jamestown theme will continue next week on Thursday, May 18, when
famed author and archeaologist Ivor Noel-Hume will speak on his new
Jamestown novel, Civilized Men: A James Towne Tragedy.  
 
Please check the Library's upcoming events by clicking on "News and
Events" at: http://www.lva.lib.va.us <BLOCKED::http://www.lva.lib.va.us>
.
 
Gregg D. Kimball, Director
Publications and Educational Services
804/692-3722
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