This Country of Ours, Part 2

First published in 1917, this volume continues Marshall's accessible history of the United States written for young readers. This installment turns to Virginia's story, tracing the colony from Captain John Smith's dramatic arrival through Jamestown's desperate early years, the legendary encounter with Pocahontas, Bacon's Rebellion, and the legendary expedition of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. Marshall tells these tales in a lively, conversational style that made history vivid for generations of American children, blending fact with the romantic storytelling that characterized early twentieth-century educational literature. The narrative captures both the hardship of colonial survival and the bold dreams that drove settlers to build a new nation.