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- "The Lost Colonies :How Jamestown Beat the Odds"
- Summary: The United States celebrates its 229th birthday on July 4th. But how close we came to flying the flag of a different country...
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Review of The Lost Colonies?:How Jamestown Beat the Odds
Deborah Astley
Posted on June 29, 2005 at 10:39 AM
Did you know tobacco saved Virginia and is probably the reason why we had a revolution with England rather than France or Spain? This is my favorite kind of piece: a drop in that is short and entertaining, yet full of information from authoritative sources. Good piece for the 4th of July weekend when the focus is on the USA's birthday.