Download or read book Jamestown, 1544-1699 written by Carl Bridenbaugh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1980 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relying almost exclusively on a fresh reading of the surviving original sources, the author revises the accepted ideas about Virginia, and studies the economic and social life of the community and its early attempts at self-government.