John White never could escape failure’s menacing hand. From the moment he left Roanoke in 1597 to the time he returned in 1590, White endured enough hardship to last a lifetime. In the end, he had nothing to show for it. Raleigh also met with continued disaster before he was executed in 1618. But it is the story of the Lost Colonists that captivates imagination. Tune in to the podcast, where I recount White, Raleigh, and the Colonist’s fate in an effort to tie up the loose ends of England’s first colonizing attempt in Virginia.
LINKS TO THE PODCAST:
Roanoke’s Tragic End on Libsyn
VA History Podcast on Stitcher
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SOURCES:
Horn, James. A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. New York: Basic Books, 2010.
Houston, Lebame and Hird, Barbara. editors. Roanoke Revisited… The Story of the First English Settlements in the New World and the Fabled Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Penny Books, 1997.
Hume, Ivor Noel. The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne – An Archaeological and Historical Odyssey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Kuperman, Karen Ordahl. Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony. Plymouth, UK: Rowan and Littlefield, 2007.
Miller, Lee. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony. New York: Aarcade, 2001.
Mapp, Alfred J. Virginia Experiment: The Old Dominion’s Role in the Making of America, 1607-1781. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc, 2006.
Quinn, David Beers. Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1985.
Smith, John. The General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles with the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governors from Their Beginning: 1584-1624. volumes 1-2. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books.
Stick, David. Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1983.
US History Timeline – This is a great chronological resource!
Paul Green’s Famous Play – The Lost Colony
The Elizabethan Gardens – Adjacent to Fort Raleigh, and believed to be where the first Roanoke Colonists landed.
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