American Genesis By Alden T. Vaughan - 1270 Words

In the book American Genesis by Alden T. Vaughan, Vaughan explains in detail Captain John Smith’s life, in order to inform the reader of his journeys throughout his invigorating lifestyle. Vaughan’s book inspires one to feel adventurous, just as John Smith once was. Throughout his many journeys and experiences, the good, the bad, and the ugly; John Smith was a hero to many. Like many of his contemporaries, too, Smith carried for the rest of his life the era’s taste for adventure and achievement. â€Å"Elizabethan England knew both† of those characteristics grew wild in John Smiths imagination. â€Å"The outside world of England held wonders too vast to comprehend.†, and that is why Queen Elizabeth sent Captain John Smith, among others to explore the world that they were so curious about. Although in 1606 Smith was the youngest among the leaders of England’s first success colonizing expedition, â€Å"Smith was also the most traveled, the most experienced, and the most educated.† Smith had fought more battles, endured more hardships, and seen more strange lands and exotic people than any of his companions. Furthermore, that is why Captain John Smith was the right leader for the colony of Jamestown, which will come later. â€Å"In 1606, John Smith boarded a ship at Blackwall, London. By nightfall most of the other passengers and crewmen had crowded into the hundred-ton flagship Susan Constant.† This would be the journey for England to begin their expedition to America, more specifically