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Graphic Library: Graphic History
The Story of Jamestown
The Story of Jamestown by Braun. Capstone Press,2002
32 pages, Paperback
Published December 31, 2005
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May 23, 2025
Rushed overview of the first permanent English settlement in Americas. It's significant yet the book doesn't really give you day to day life just the outline of their fights with the American Indians who are here presented as always being correct. The Whites are the only ones who mess up. Either this history is extremely one-sided or the author is biased.
The modern Roanoke comic book is genius and shows a colony created 30 years before this. But American Indians killed all the starved settlers. This colony had more ships arriving with food and it barely survived as the settlers were forced back into the fort when they tried to go home to England. It was enough to make them survived in Virginia as soon their army was big enough to survive the American Indian attacks and even strike back. Meaning they could finally survive winters.
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The book doesn't explain what they eat or how they find food. Just that they get food from American Indians in the winter as they can't produce enough. This is a shame as we needed an overview of weapons, food, houses, equipment. We don't see much here.
The modern Roanoke comic book is genius and shows a colony created 30 years before this. But American Indians killed all the starved settlers. This colony had more ships arriving with food and it barely survived as the settlers were forced back into the fort when they tried to go home to England. It was enough to make them survived in Virginia as soon their army was big enough to survive the American Indian attacks and even strike back. Meaning they could finally survive winters.
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The book doesn't explain what they eat or how they find food. Just that they get food from American Indians in the winter as they can't produce enough. This is a shame as we needed an overview of weapons, food, houses, equipment. We don't see much here.
August 26, 2022
I don't know all that much about this particular moment in history, but I thought this was a really high quality book.
November 3, 2011
The Story of Jamestown written by Eric Braun with illustrations by Steve Erwin, Keith Williams and Charles Barnett III is a book told in graphic novel format. This book tells the story of how English settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of finding “gold and a route to the Pacific Ocean” (p.4). After landing on land, the settlers soon took up arms with the American Indians, a battle which lasted for more than a century.
a.) This story did not have any positive points for me, instead I felt as though the pictures and texts were confusing and uninteresting.
b.) The story jumps from one scene to the next on the same page, confusing the reader and not establishing the right amount of facts for historical purposes. On the exact same page, the Indians and English were arming themselves, preparing for battle, and “meanwhile, Newport prepared to explore the area north of Jamestown” (p.9). Although the two events took place at the same location, the page can be mind-boggling to readers and students.
c.) Throughout the story a number of events are happening to the Indians and English settlers which can confuse readers. One day, Braun presents the Indians and English as “friends”, however, on the next page Smith argues “They call us friends, but don’t believe them, men. We are invading their land!” (p. 15-16). Also, on page 27 the top scene shows the town of Jamestown burning to the ground while the bottom picture shows a completely different scene showing an English family with text which reads “The colonization of North America had begun” (p. 27). The two illustrations are very different and not linked whatsoever, which is a negative aspect of this story.
I would not use this story in the classroom. The facts and illustrations are intriguing but are not presented in an appropriate way for readers and students. On the other hand, if other educators found this story more relevant and understanding, it could be used with history lessons about the settlement of Jamestown and the struggle created on the American Indians.
a.) This story did not have any positive points for me, instead I felt as though the pictures and texts were confusing and uninteresting.
b.) The story jumps from one scene to the next on the same page, confusing the reader and not establishing the right amount of facts for historical purposes. On the exact same page, the Indians and English were arming themselves, preparing for battle, and “meanwhile, Newport prepared to explore the area north of Jamestown” (p.9). Although the two events took place at the same location, the page can be mind-boggling to readers and students.
c.) Throughout the story a number of events are happening to the Indians and English settlers which can confuse readers. One day, Braun presents the Indians and English as “friends”, however, on the next page Smith argues “They call us friends, but don’t believe them, men. We are invading their land!” (p. 15-16). Also, on page 27 the top scene shows the town of Jamestown burning to the ground while the bottom picture shows a completely different scene showing an English family with text which reads “The colonization of North America had begun” (p. 27). The two illustrations are very different and not linked whatsoever, which is a negative aspect of this story.
I would not use this story in the classroom. The facts and illustrations are intriguing but are not presented in an appropriate way for readers and students. On the other hand, if other educators found this story more relevant and understanding, it could be used with history lessons about the settlement of Jamestown and the struggle created on the American Indians.
September 7, 2016
i loved it!eric braun is a really good writer. it tells us how pocahontus saves smith from her father.
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