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Author Miller, Lee.

Title Roanoke : solving the mystery of the Lost Colony / Lee Miller.

Imprint New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  975.6175 M615r 2002    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xi, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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Note Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2000.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index.
Contents A Case of Missing Persons -- A Case of Murder -- A Case of Conspiracy -- Who are the Mandoag? -- Wingina and the Secotan -- The Meaning of Mandoag and Nottoway.
Summary The lost colony of Roanoke is America's birthplace and one of America's oldest mysteries. What makes this book unique is that every clue furnished by primary documents is treated as evidence. It answers the three questions essential to solving the mystery: Why were the lost colonists lost? Where did the lost colonists go? Why were the lost colonists never recovered?
Subject Roanoke Colony.
Roanoke Island (N.C.) -- History -- 16th century.
North Carolina -- Roanoke Island. (OCoLC)fst01241356
United States -- Roanoke Colony. (OCoLC)fst01282717
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0142002283 (pbk.)
9780142002285 (pbk.)

 
    
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