Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index.
Contents
Prologue : John White's last letter -- To "annoy the King of Spain" -- Roanoke -- "Chaunis temoatan" -- A city on the bay -- The broken promise -- "Into the main" -- Epilogue : Ralegh's ship -- Chronology -- The settlers of 1587.
Summary
In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants.
