Search -
Winter of the Dead (Young Founders Series)
Winter of the Dead - Young Founders Series Author:Elizabeth Massie Nat and Richard are two orphaned thieves on the streets of London. When John Smith offers them passage as laborers on a merchant ship bound for the New World, they jumped at the new opportunity. What luck! The land of Virginia is rumored to be paved with gold. They will be rich! But quickly the boys learn the awful truth: Blinded by greed a... more »nd arrogance, the settlers of the new English colony at Jamestown are unprepared for the brutal reality of frontier life. Inadequate supplies, illness, petty squabbling, malarial summer heat, and bitter winter cold decimate the colony. Those who escape death are reduced to chewing on roots and shoe leather to survice- and, in one horrible instance, cannibalizing a corpse. Yet, by spring more colonists arrive, dreaming of paradise but finding a colony on the brink of starvation. Through it all, Nat and Richard must fall back on their wits to survive.« less
ISBN: 84721 Rating:
Currently 5/5 Stars.
1
5 stars, based on 1 rating
Book Type:Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Reviews:Write a Review