The World of Captain John Smith
Author:
Genevieve Foster 
Complete Authored Works
Illustrator:
Genevieve Foster Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1959 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre:
Biography, History, Non-fiction
Series:
Genevieve Foster's World Books
Pages:
406
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This book is a story of the world. It is a slice of history measured by the lifetime of Captain John Smith, a small courageous Englishman who was born in the days of Queen Elizabeth I and whose heart was "forever set on brave adventure."
This, the fourth of Genevieve Foster's WORLD books, continues her unique and original contribution to the reading of young people, and to their understanding of world events. It gives a vivid picture of the world just before and at the time of the colonization of America.
In the first section of the book John Smith is played back, pictorially and in the text, while the prominent personalities of his time hold the center of the stage.
In the last section the adventurous Captain steps forward and takes his rightful place in history as he hepls to establish the Jamestown colony.
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Genevieve Foster
1893 - 1979American
When Genevieve Foster was a girl she studied history because she had to, not because she liked it. It was not until she had grown up and had childre... See more
The World of Captain John Smith
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The World of Captain John Smith
Reviewed by Edward Garboczi
If you watch a spy movie, when someone is introduced as John Smith, we know that is a somewhat mediocre cover name. However, The World of Captain John Smith is about a real man of that same name, who achieved a measure of greatness in a time in history that was bursting with inter-connected activity. Foster takes the reader through this time by focusing on his life, of which the reader will learn much. Captain John Smith lived from 1580 to 1631, a relatively short lifespan of 51 years but full of adventure. We mainly remember Smith for his work in the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful English colony in what is now, of course, our country. That was a great adventure, but a few years earlier than that, he had earned his military rank and rank as a gentleman fighting the Turks in Hungary, holding them back from the further conquest of Europe. He was taken prisoner, sold as a slave to a Turkish master, escaped to Russia, and made his way home again.
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