I bought my copy of this book at the Jamestown National Historic Park’s gift shop; if you’re at the gift shop looking at reviews to decide whether or I bought my copy of this book at the Jamestown National Historic Park’s gift shop; if you’re at the gift shop looking at reviews to decide whether or not to buy it, I highly recommend that you do. I’m giving this book five stars for the historical depth and genealogical accuracy that the author carefully remained as true as possible to. It was a clean read, kept me turning the pages, and was a wonderful way to absorb some of the earliest history of our country.
This is the first book of a three book series. “Dark Enough to see the Stars in a Jamestown Sky” is about the third supply of boats arriving at Jamestown, Virginia, and covers the years 1609-1610, during the devastating winter of the starving time. The main characters are mostly factual people, and the author based this on the true story of Joan Peirce and her daughter Jane.
I loved that the main characters were real people, and that their life stories have been preserved for us to learn about their strength and perseverance to start a colony in Virginia. It’s incredible to imagine the hardships they endured and survived. We all have so much to be thankful for....more