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Bob Deans

The River Where America Began

A Journey Along the James

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (Mar 15, 2007)

9780742551725

| Hardcover

317 pages | 152 x 239 mm | USA | English

$ 24.95 | Value: $ 24.95

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Dewey 975.5/4

LC Classification F232.J2 .D43 2007

LC Control No. 2006025056

Genre

History

Subject

American Civil War, 1861-1865
American History
American Revolution, 1775-1783
Jamestown
Virginia

Plot

Documents the role of the James River in the formation of modern America, from the establishment of the Jamestown colony and major Revolutionary War battles to the conflict over slavery and the fall of Richmond, in a historical account that also cites the river's use by such figures as John Smith, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee.