Discusses the lives of nine people who were responsible for the founding or fostering the growth of settlements in the colonial American South
Gr 7 Up-The American South was explored and settled by the Spanish, French, and English in the 16th and 17th centuries. In a clear, lively style, Doherty discusses the lives of nine people who were primarily responsible for these settlements-Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, Cecil and Leonard Calvert, Henry Woodward, Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville, and James Oglethorpe. Although the author focuses on the accomplishments of these Europeans, he also covers the impact that they had on the Native American populations living in the southeast at the time. In addition, he includes information about the slave trade and its effects on early colonization. An abundance of reproductions, a time line, source notes, a bibliography, and an index make this a useful resource for anyone looking for information on the settling of the southern American colonies.-Lynn W. Zimmerman, Southeast Middle School, Greensboro, NC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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