Captain John Smith (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Published in 1915, this book presents a cogent and engaging biography of the English explorer who was saved by the Native American woman, Pocahontasthen established settlements in her country shortly after. Johnson effectively sifts through many of the apocryphal tales of Smiths youth, while detailing the established facts of Smiths life, with particular emphasis on his pioneering work in the colony of Virginia.