Table of Contents
Introduction In the Beginning 1
Exodus and Jeremiad 6
Maroons and Castaways 12
The Tempest 22
Chapter 1 Renegades 27
The Virginia Company 29
Transportation 34
Corporate Decisions 40
Dissension and Desertion 46
The First Triumvirate 62
Chapter 2 Tsenacomoco 69
Tsenacomoco 72
Wahunsonacock 82
Summer and Fall 92
Chapter 3 Nantaquod on the James 103
Captain John Smith 107
The First Supply 118
Chapter 4 Call of the Wild 135
Love, American-Style 147
The Weroance of Jamestown 150
"He That Will Not Work Shall Not Eat" 167
Chapter 5 Maroons 181
The First American Dream 184
Leaders of the Free World 196
Consent of the Governed 201
Chapter 6 The American Adventure 219
Stephen Hopkins 225
William Strachey 231
The Company Contract 239
Chapter 7 Lost 249
Salvage 264
Dissension Begins 267
New Terms of Agreement 274
Into the Wilderness 279
Chapter 8 The First Frontier 285
Middle Ground 287
Frontier Coup d'État 294
The Decline and Fall of John Smith 305
Chapter 9 Trouble Times 315
"Democracy Presents Itself" 317
Broken Contracts 330
Chapter 10 The Kiss-My-Arse Revolution 339
Henry Paine 351
A New Social Contract 358
Chapter 11 Rescue 371
Percy's Regime 374
Rescue 388
Pomp, Slavery, Tribute 393
The Falls Campaign 403
Caliban's Gaberdine 406
Conclusion Genesis 413
The City on a Hill 416
The Mayflower Compact 422
Acknowledgments 429
Image Credits 433
Bibliography 435
Notes 453
Index 489