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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9781851689507
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
ISBN-10
1851689508
ISBN-13
9781851689507
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201675592
Product Key Features
Book Title
Man Most Driven : Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the Founding of America
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, General, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-482136
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
'Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully described.', "A lively and vivid new exploration of an extraordinary life." - Matthew Parker, author of The Sugar Barons "Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully describes." - William Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project and author of Jamestown: The Buried Truth, 'A riveting account of the astonishing adventures of one of the true heroes of English and American history. This is a real page-turner and makes history truly come alive.', Captain John Smith's iconic shadow still falls over Jamestown 400+ years after his 34-month sojourn in helping to found it…. A new and readable biography helps to brighten that shadow and add human dimensions to that icon: A Man Most Driven , by Peter Firstbrook…. This is a worthy addition to anyone's library collection on Jamestown."- First California Company, Jamestowne Society An assiduous researcher with a talent for cohesive narration, [Firstbrook] brushes aside the more common historian's plagues of suspect first-person accounts and competing narratives. Smith's autobiography, for instance, is the only record in many cases, but if a 10th of his bombastic tellings are true (and Firstbrook's sleuthing convincingly puts them at a much higher percentage), he still led an astonishingly adventurous life."- The Providence Journal, which named the book One of the Best Books of 2014 Peter Firstbrook has written a book that grabs the reader at the Prologue and dangerously interferes with his sleep and his spouse's good humor as he refuses to put it down! … This book will reside in an easy to find area of my shelf, for I know I will come back to it when I want to read a ‘real' adventure story." - Journal of the Early Americas "A nuanced account of the English captain saved by Pocahontas reveals an astonishingly complicated personality. Exciting historical tales with romantic overtones." - Kirkus Reviews "Historian and former BBC producer Firstbrook (The Obamas) delves deep into the early history of America with this thoroughly-researched biography of John Smith, who was instrumental in establishing Jamestown as a permanent English settlement in the early 17th century. With so much of Smith's life known only through his own contradictory writings, Firstbrook approaches the subject with healthy skepticism, examining just where Smith's claims might be exaggerated and where history backs them up. In the process, Firstbrook also takes a closer look at the legend of Pocahontas, at least partially debunking the motives behind her timely intervention in Smith's death sentence, suggesting that the entire episode might have been more performance on Smith's part than he originally made out. Firstbrook's narrative is dry but detail-rich, drawing heavily from Smith's writings to tell the story of a larger-than-life figure with an uncanny knack for survival." - Publishers Weekly "A lively and vivid new exploration of an extraordinary life." - Matthew Parker, author of The Sugar Barons "Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully describes." - William Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project and author of Jamestown: The Buried Truth "A riveting account of the astonishing adventures of one of the true heroes of English and American history. This is a real page-turner and makes history truly come alive." - Robert Hutchinson, author of Elizabeth's Spymaster and The Spanish Armada "A MAN MOST DRIVEN goes a long way to telling the whole story of Smith not only as an American pioneer, but also a global visionary. No one would believe his life and adventures - but this book shows they're true." - Bob Holman, poet, activist, and star of Captain Smith Goes to Ukraine, "Captain John Smith's iconic shadow still falls over Jamestown 400+ years after his 34-month sojourn in helping to found it.... A new and readable biography helps to brighten that shadow and add human dimensions to that icon: A Man Most Driven , by Peter Firstbrook.... This is a worthy addition to anyone's library collection on Jamestown."- First California Company, Jamestowne Society "An assiduous researcher with a talent for cohesive narration, [Firstbrook] brushes aside the more common historian's plagues of suspect first-person accounts and competing narratives. Smith's autobiography, for instance, is the only record in many cases, but if a 10th of his bombastic tellings are true (and Firstbrook's sleuthing convincingly puts them at a much higher percentage), he still led an astonishingly adventurous life."- The Providence Journal, which named the book One of the Best Books of 2014 "Peter Firstbrook has written a book that grabs the reader at the Prologue and dangerously interferes with his sleep and his spouse's good humor as he refuses to put it down! ... This book will reside in an easy to find area of my shelf, for I know I will come back to it when I want to read a 'real' adventure story." - Journal of the Early Americas "A nuanced account of the English captain saved by Pocahontas reveals an astonishingly complicated personality. Exciting historical tales with romantic overtones." - Kirkus Reviews "Historian and former BBC producer Firstbrook (The Obamas) delves deep into the early history of America with this thoroughly-researched biography of John Smith, who was instrumental in establishing Jamestown as a permanent English settlement in the early 17th century. With so much of Smith's life known only through his own contradictory writings, Firstbrook approaches the subject with healthy skepticism, examining just where Smith's claims might be exaggerated and where history backs them up. In the process, Firstbrook also takes a closer look at the legend of Pocahontas, at least partially debunking the motives behind her timely intervention in Smith's death sentence, suggesting that the entire episode might have been more performance on Smith's part than he originally made out. Firstbrook's narrative is dry but detail-rich, drawing heavily from Smith's writings to tell the story of a larger-than-life figure with an uncanny knack for survival." - Publishers Weekly "A lively and vivid new exploration of an extraordinary life." - Matthew Parker, author of The Sugar Barons "Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully describes." - William Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project and author of Jamestown: The Buried Truth "A riveting account of the astonishing adventures of one of the true heroes of English and American history. This is a real page-turner and makes history truly come alive." - Robert Hutchinson, author of Elizabeth's Spymaster and The Spanish Armada "A MAN MOST DRIVEN goes a long way to telling the whole story of Smith not only as an American pioneer, but also a global visionary. No one would believe his life and adventures - but this book shows they're true." - Bob Holman, poet, activist, and star of Captain Smith Goes to Ukraine, "A nuanced account of the English captain saved by Pocahontas reveals an astonishingly complicated personality. Exciting historical tales with romantic overtones." - Kirkus Reviews "Historian and former BBC producer Firstbrook (The Obamas) delves deep into the early history of America with this thoroughly-researched biography of John Smith, who was instrumental in establishing Jamestown as a permanent English settlement in the early 17th century. With so much of Smith's life known only through his own contradictory writings, Firstbrook approaches the subject with healthy skepticism, examining just where Smith's claims might be exaggerated and where history backs them up. In the process, Firstbrook also takes a closer look at the legend of Pocahontas, at least partially debunking the motives behind her timely intervention in Smith's death sentence, suggesting that the entire episode might have been more performance on Smith's part than he originally made out. Firstbrook's narrative is dry but detail-rich, drawing heavily from Smith's writings to tell the story of a larger-than-life figure with an uncanny knack for survival." - Publishers Weekly "A lively and vivid new exploration of an extraordinary life." - Matthew Parker, author of The Sugar Barons "Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully describes." - William Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project and author of Jamestown: The Buried Truth "A riveting account of the astonishing adventures of one of the true heroes of English and American history. This is a real page-turner and makes history truly come alive." - Robert Hutchinson, author of Elizabeth's Spymaster and The Spanish Armada "A MAN MOST DRIVEN goes a long way to telling the whole story of Smith not only as an American pioneer, but also a global visionary. No one would believe his life and adventures - but this book shows they're true." - Bob Holman, poet, activist, and star of Captain Smith Goes to Ukraine, "A nuanced account of the English captain saved by Pocahontas reveals an astonishingly complicated personality. Exciting historical tales with romantic overtones." - Kirkus Reviews "Historian and former BBC producer Firstbrook (The Obamas) delves deep into the early history of America with this thoroughly-researched biography of John Smith, who was instrumental in establishing Jamestown as a permanent English settlement in the early 17th century. With so much of Smith's life known only through his own contradictory writings, Firstbrook approaches the subject with healthy skepticism, examining just where Smith's claims might be exaggerated and where history backs them up. In the process, Firstbrook also takes a closer look at the legend of Pocahontas, at least partially debunking the motives behind her timely intervention in Smith's death sentence, suggesting that the entire episode might have been more performance on Smith's part than he originally made out. Firstbrook's narrative is dry but detail-rich, drawing heavily from Smith's writings to tell the story of a larger-than-life figure with an uncanny knack for survival." - Publishers Weekly "A lively and vivid new exploration of an extraordinary life." - Matthew Parker, author of The Sugar Barons "Peter Firstbrook's tenacious research for A Man Most Driven convinces me even more that Smith's life was just as incredibly swashbuckling as Smith himself so colorfully but truthfully describes." - William Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project and author of Jamestown: The Buried Truth "A riveting account of the astonishing adventures of one of the true heroes of English and American history. This is a real page-turner and makes history truly come alive." Robert Hutchinson, author of Elizabeth's Spymaster and The Spanish Armada
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
975.5/02092
Synopsis
He fought and beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates - twice - and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was thirty years old. This is Captain John Smith's life...Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas, and how she saved John Smith. And were it not for Smith's leadership, the Jamestown colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest - and a far more ambitious self-promoter, too. Now, in this first new major biography of Smith in decades, award -winning BBC filmmaker and author Peter Firstbrook traces the adventurer's astonishing exploits across three continents, testing Smith's claimed biography against the historical and geographical reality on the ground..., Named One of the Best Books of 2014 by The Providence Journal Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas and how she saved John Smith. And were it not for Smith's leadership, the Jamestown Colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest--and a far more ambitious self-promoter, too, so reputed for his truculence that the pilgrims of the Mayflower snubbed him when he offered them his services, though his 1614 map of New England (which he named) made him the unrivaled expert on America. Now, in the first major biography of Smith in decades, award-winning BBC filmmaker and author Peter Firstbrook traces the adventurer's astonishing exploits across three continents, testing Smith's claimed biography against the historical and geographical reality on the ground. A Man Most Driven delivers an enlightening dissection of this mythology-making man and the founding of America.
LC Classification Number
F229
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