1909. The story of Captain John Smith, adventurer, explorer, and author, who was an organizer and promoter of the Virginia Company of London and who landed with colonists in Jamestown in 1607. Contents: Youth and Early Adventures in Europe; A Captain of Horse in the Turkish Wars; Captivity, Escape, and Return to England; The First Colonists of Virginia; The Settlement of Jamestown; Captured by the Savages; Exploration of Chesapeake Bay; President of the Council; Adventures in Search of Provisions; The Last Year in Virginia; In the Old World Again; and The End of a Busy Life.