The Jamestown Project

by Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Harvard University Press

March 2007, 360 pages, $29.95

by Carlin Romano

The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

All nations need foundation tales. If they don't exist, it's necessary to invent them. And if the real story doesn't play well, foundation myths come in handy. At least until the real story comes back to bite.
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