Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary | Knox County Public Library

1) Our strange new land: Elizabeth's diary

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary volume 1
Elizabeth's diary volume 1
My America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2000.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.

2) The starving time: Elizabeth's diary, book two

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

My America volume 2
Dear America book
Elizabeth's diary volume 2

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2001]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Elizabeth Barker continues to write to her "friend, " her diary, as disease and lack of food further plague the suffering settlers at Jamestown.

3) Season of promise: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary

Author

Hermes, Patricia

Series

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony diary volume 3
Elizabeth's diary volume 3
My America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2002.

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.