“The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown:  The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America”

Lorri Glover, co-author of "The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America" and associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee, delivered this lecture at Jamestown Settlement on June 13, 2009, in the second of four lectures  accompanying the "Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies" special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement, which is on display through October 15, 2009. She provides an overview of the 2008 book, “the tale of one of the greatest rescue stories in American history,” one that became the inspiration for Shakespeare’s last play "The Tempest" and ensured England’s continued commitment to colonization in the West.