Three ships came sailing in : a story of the first Virginia colony

Date:

[1950]

Author:

Mason, Miriam E., 1900-1973.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH M411 T47 1950 LOCAL

Publisher:

Bobbs-Merrill

Abstract:

Young Martin Wynne sails from his native London to the London Company's new colony in Virginia where he works with Captain John Smith, President and strives to fulfill the Captain's prophecy: "You'll be a man someday--a true man of Virginia."

Physical Description:

246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Curator Notes:

Burt reprint, 'c 1913 [sic, i.e. 1916] by Hurst'; Boy Scout series v11; spine and front cover titles stamped in red on light brown cloth

Names:

Smith, John, 1580-1631, and Pocahontas, -1617,

Geographic Terms:

Jamestown (Va.) History Juvenile fiction, Virginia Discovery and exploration British Juvenile fiction, Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile fiction, and Virginia Social life and customs To 1775 Juvenile fiction