The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians

by Michael Leroy Oberg

Book Overview

Roanoke is part of the lore of early America, the colony that disappeared. Many Americans know of Sir Walter Ralegh's ill-fated expedition, but few know about the Algonquian peoples who were the island's inhabitants. The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand examines Ralegh's plan to create an English empire in the New World but also the attempts of native peoples to make sense of the newcomers who threatened to transform their world in frightening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221338
• ISBN13: 9780812221336
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"