Faith, Fortune and the Founding of English America
| When |
Sep 07, 2011
from 06:45 PM to 07:45 PM |
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| Where | Filson Historical Society |
| Contact Name | GlyptusAnn Grider Jones |
| Contact Phone | 502-852-8811 |
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The McConnell Center's year-long history project, "Remembering America: From Colonization to the Cold War," kicks-off Sept. 7 with an hour-long consideration of the founding of Virginia and Bermuda, its seventeenth-century sister colony.
In The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America, Dr. Lorri Glover discusses the fate of the Sea Venture, the ship sent from London to rescue settlers at Jamestown in 1609. This historical narrative describes the shipwreck off the coast of Bermuda and the resulting mutiny when the 150 castaways, who had been seduced by all that the island had to offer, were ordered to continue to Virginia. After building their own boats, the castaways sailed to Jamestown and faced the challenges of rebuilding America's first permanent colony.
The free and public event is scheduled from 6-7 p.m., Sept. 7, at the Filson Historical Society (directions).
About the Lecturer
Lorri Glover, PhD, is the John Francis Bannon Professor in the history department at Saint Louis University, where she teaches courses on colonial America, the American Revolution and gender history. She has written broadly in early American history, focusing particularly on family and the southern provinces. Her recent works include Southern Sons: Becoming Men in the New Nation (2007) and, with Daniel Blake Smith, The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America (2008). She is currently writing Founders as Fathers, which explores the intersection of family and politics in the lives of Revolutionary leaders. Glover earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of Kentucky in 1996.