A stirring story of survival set against the backdrop of the founding
of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
In 1607, a year after the Virginia Company was granted a charter to
establish a settlement in North America, 104 men set sail on a voyage to
a new land. Among the brave adventurers who make the journey is a young
boy named Samuel Collier, the page of Captain John Smith. Disease,
famine, and continuing attacks by neighboring Algonquin Native Americans
take a tremendous toll on the settlers. Samuel is one of the few to
survive the harsh realities of the New World during the first few years
of Jamestown.
Based on the author's careful research of the era, this fictional
account portrays the struggles and successes of our country's earliest
settlers. Young readers will enjoy this story of courage and survival
while learning about this important period in the history of the United
States.