Bloodroot, Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
Bloodroot, Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
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Bloodroot

Author: Daniel V. Meier, Jr.

Narrator: Tim Clarke

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2023


Synopsis

The beauty and the horrors of Jamestown 2609
A gripping account of survival in America's earliest settlement, Jamestown, Virginia.
Virginia, 1622.
Powhatan warriors prepare war paint from the sacred juice of the bloodroot plant, but Nehiegh, The English son-in-law of Chief Ochawintan has sworn never to kill again. He must leave before the massacre.
England 1609. Matthew did not trust his friend, Richard's stories of Paradise in the Jamestown settlement, but nothing could have equipped him for the violence and privation that awaited him in this savage land.
Once ashore in the fledging settlement, Matthew experiences the unimaginable beauty of this pristine land and learns the meaning of hope, but it all turns into a nightmare as gold mania infests the community and Indians become an increasing threat. The nightmare only gets worse as the harsh winter brings on "the starving time" and all the grizzly horrors of a desperate and dying community that come with it.
Driven to the depths of despair by the guilt of his sins against Richard and his lust for that man's wife, Matthew seeks death.
In that moment of crisis, when he chooses death over a life of depravity, he unexpectedly finds new life among his sworn enemy, the Powhatan Indians.
What will this new life mean for Matthew, and will he survive?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marianne on October 30, 2023

One of the delights of reading this collection of essays is the many wonderful descriptions of the lovely landscape of the Southern Highlands of Appalachia and how the connection to the land influenced a group of diverse women writers. The book was published in 1989, and it seems that most of the au......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 20, 2022

I got it from the library, and before I was done I bought myself a copy to keep. Not only are the essays wonderful to read, the bibliography and introduction for each writer makes this work a tremendous resource for people (like me) who want to understand the experience of Appalachian women beyond t......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 07, 2014

I have a journal of stories my grandmother shared with me on her upbringing in Kentucky so it was exciting to read more about the area and the people. I also discovered some great new authors that I'll be adding on my to-read list.......more