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Pub. Date
2019
Formats
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows all too well, is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Jamie must now defend this home established on land granted to him by the Crown although this new mantle of responsibility sees him pitted against his godfather,...
Pub. Date
2019
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Set admidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Tells the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's journey of love lost and found again takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English society as we witness the dawn of a new America.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Between 1500 and 1800, the world was transformed. The peoples of Europe, Africa, and America, brought together in an often violent colonial process, created a New World and transformed the old. Although the individual British American colonies later formed into one nation, this course explores their profound differences in origin and practice. In 36 lectures, Robert J. Allison examines the relations of the colonies with the native people, the relations...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Contemporary Americans and Britons spend five months on an isolated stretch of the Maine coast recreating the life of American colonists in the year 1628. The modern colonists struggle to create a functioning and profitable colony using only the tools and technology of that era. Extensive research went into recreating this 17th-century environment in which the colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing...
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Four centuries ago, after four and a half months at sea, three ships (Discovery, Susan Constant, and Godspeed) landed on the shores of Virginia and established Jamestown. To mark the quadricentennial, a museum quality reproduction of the Godspeed was constructed in Maine. Hosted by Steve Thomas, an authority on traditional boat construction, this program combines elements of "how to" with those of the documentary film.
10) Pocahontas
Formats
Description
A musical animated version of the life of Pocahontas, an American Indian girl who legend says saved the life of explorer and colonist John Smith.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
13) The crucible
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
15) New Worlds
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Set during the tumultuous time of North American colonization, this gripping drama follows the lives of four young people: Abe Goffe, Beth Fanshawe, Ned Hawkins, and Hope Russell, as they fight for a better future in the wilderness of the New World and back home in England.
18) Washington
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Explores the full arc of George Washington's journey and weaves together dramatic live-action sequences, excerpts from Washington's letters and insights from a roster of notable experts, historians, and scholars to tell a very personal story about the evolution of one of history's most iconic leaders.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Colonial Period, Tidewater Westward: Disk 3, of the series, begins in Jamestown where the first permanent English Colony was established in 1607. The bicycle rides then follow the travels of George Washington from his boyhood home in Fredericksburg to Winchester, Virginia. Just north of there, along the Potomac River, the activities at Fort Frederick reveal what life was like in earlier times. The trail then leads back to Williamsburg, near Jamestown....
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.