The Secret Token
Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
New York : Doubleday, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xx, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina to establish the first English settlement in the New World. But when the new colony's leader returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers had vanished, leaving behind only a single clue--a "secret token" etched into a tree.
What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? That question has consumed historians, archeologists, and amateur sleuths for four hundred years. In The Secret Token , Andrew Lawler sets out on a quest to determine the fate of the settlers, finding fresh leads as he encounters a host of characters obsessed with resolving the enigma. In the course of his journey, Lawler examines how the Lost Colony came to haunt our national consciousness.
Incisive and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the Lost Colony and its fate, but of how its absence continues to define--and divide--America.
What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? That question has consumed historians, archeologists, and amateur sleuths for four hundred years. In The Secret Token , Andrew Lawler sets out on a quest to determine the fate of the settlers, finding fresh leads as he encounters a host of characters obsessed with resolving the enigma. In the course of his journey, Lawler examines how the Lost Colony came to haunt our national consciousness.
Incisive and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the Lost Colony and its fate, but of how its absence continues to define--and divide--America.
Contents:
Some delicate garden -- All signs of joy -- Firing invisible bullets -- Small things flourish by Concord -- A whole country of English -- Child of science and slow time -- A 400-year-old cover up -- Pot of brass -- Rejoicing in things stark naughty -- We dare anything -- Heap plenty wampum -- -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Dare? -- Swamp saints and renegades -- Return to Roanoke -- An old buck Christmas -- Coda : a brave kingdom.
ISBN:
9780385542012 (hardcover)
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HISTORY North Am. US NC Law | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.