Love and Hate in Jamestown

by David A. Price

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  Acknowledgments

  I have accumulated many debts in writing this book. I am grateful to the Folger Shakespeare Library for allowing me research privileges in its extraordinary collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean books and documents. The Folger’s staff was patient and helpful. I am also grateful to the Virginia Historical Society Library and the Archeological Society of Virginia for various kindnesses.

  Thanks to Neil Tanner for answering many questions about transatlantic sailing on ships of the period. Thanks to Tim Hashaw for sharing research leads and insights pertaining to the African Americans of 1619. Thanks to Roger E. Nixon for tracking down the High Court of Admiralty examinations of John Martyn and Reinold Booth in the Public Records Office at Kew.

  I have drawn on the investigations and interpretations of numerous scholars, whose names appear in the bibliography and the notes. One name I must single out here is that of the late Philip L. Barbour, the dean of John Smith scholars. It is a shame that he did not live to see the publication of his excellent Complete Works of Captain John Smith.

  For editorial comments on various drafts, I am grateful to Judith Hagley, Jonathan Lawlor, Susan Hagen, Paul Buck, Jerry Cavedo, Dan Saphire,Victoria Edelman, Belle Peterson, and Rick Peterson.

  On matters of historical substance, I had the benefit of comments from Nancy Egloff of Jamestown Settlement and an anonymous reviewer, for which I am deeply grateful. All remaining shortcomings are, of course, solely my responsibility.

  Thanks to Ashbel Green of Alfred A. Knopf for supporting this book. Thanks to Jane Garrett, my editor, for helping me make it better. Also crucial at Knopf were Kathleen Fridella, Tracy Cabanis, Soonyoung Kwon, Carol Carson, Abby Weintraub, and Susanna Sturgis. Thanks to my agents, Glen Hartley and Lynn Chu, for believing in the book and finding it a wonderful home.

  Anyone who knows me already knows the identity of my Abigail. Throughout the writing of this book, my wife, Susan, has been invaluable as an enthusiast, sounding board, kindly critic, and friend. This book is dedicated to her.