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The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke, Andrew Lawler
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- Summary
- "A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths--about race, gender, and immigration--exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina. Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I, their colony was to establish England's first foothold in the New World. But when the colony's leader, John White, returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers were nowhere to be found. They left behind only a single clue--a "secret token" carved into a tree. Neither White nor any other European laid eyes on the colonists again. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? For four hundred years, that question has consumed historians and amateur sleuths, leading only to dead ends and hoaxes. But after a chance encounter with a British archaeologist, journalist Andrew Lawler discovered that solid answers to the mystery were within reach. He set out to unravel the enigma of the lost settlers, accompanying competing researchers, each hoping to be the first to solve its riddle. In the course of his journey, Lawler encounters a host of characters obsessed with the colonists and their fate, and he determines why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness. Thrilling and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the first English settlement in the New World but of how its disappearance continues to define--and divide--America."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 426 pages
- Contents
-
- Some delicate garden
- All signs of joy
- Firing invisible bullets
- Small things flourish by Concord
- A whole country of English
- Child of science and slow time
- A 400-year-old cover up
- Pot of brass
- Rejoicing in things stark naughty
- We dare anything
- Heap plenty wampum
- -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Dare?
- Swamp saints and renegades
- Return to Roanoke
- An old buck Christmas
- Coda : a brave kingdom
- Isbn
- 9780385542012
- Label
- The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke
- Title
- The secret token
- Title remainder
- myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Lawler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths--about race, gender, and immigration--exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina. Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I, their colony was to establish England's first foothold in the New World. But when the colony's leader, John White, returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers were nowhere to be found. They left behind only a single clue--a "secret token" carved into a tree. Neither White nor any other European laid eyes on the colonists again. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? For four hundred years, that question has consumed historians and amateur sleuths, leading only to dead ends and hoaxes. But after a chance encounter with a British archaeologist, journalist Andrew Lawler discovered that solid answers to the mystery were within reach. He set out to unravel the enigma of the lost settlers, accompanying competing researchers, each hoping to be the first to solve its riddle. In the course of his journey, Lawler encounters a host of characters obsessed with the colonists and their fate, and he determines why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness. Thrilling and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the first English settlement in the New World but of how its disappearance continues to define--and divide--America."--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lawler, Andrew
- Dewey number
- 975.6/175
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F229
- LC item number
- .L39 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Roanoke Colony
- Roanoke Island (N.C.)
- Label
- The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke, Andrew Lawler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-410) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Some delicate garden -- All signs of joy -- Firing invisible bullets -- Small things flourish by Concord -- A whole country of English -- Child of science and slow time -- A 400-year-old cover up -- Pot of brass -- Rejoicing in things stark naughty -- We dare anything -- Heap plenty wampum -- -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Dare? -- Swamp saints and renegades -- Return to Roanoke -- An old buck Christmas -- Coda : a brave kingdom
- Control code
- 20384975
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 426 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542012
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017045395
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke, Andrew Lawler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-410) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Some delicate garden -- All signs of joy -- Firing invisible bullets -- Small things flourish by Concord -- A whole country of English -- Child of science and slow time -- A 400-year-old cover up -- Pot of brass -- Rejoicing in things stark naughty -- We dare anything -- Heap plenty wampum -- -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Dare? -- Swamp saints and renegades -- Return to Roanoke -- An old buck Christmas -- Coda : a brave kingdom
- Control code
- 20384975
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 426 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542012
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017045395
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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