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  • Includes excerpts from firsthand accounts of explorers and colonists associated with Roanoke and Jamestown.
  • Explains the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas.
  • Discusses the theories and evidence about what happened to the lost colony.

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Needs a better reader

Would you consider the audio edition of The Lost Colony of Roanoke and Jamestown to be better than the print version?

It could have been with a good narrater.

Would you be willing to try another one of Kadee Coppinger’s performances?

Not really

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Really good content, however, the reader sounds like an eighth grade school mate I had.

She read all the words, with more than a few stumbles, but it was flat and uninteresting.

The book would be worth double with a good narrater.

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Narrator Makes Listening Almost Unbearable...

The constant mispronunciation of names by the narrator, makes for cringe-worthy listening. Do these narrators not understand the importance of proper pronunciation? Are they incapable of asking someone..."Excuse me, how do I say this person's name?"...before they start recording? For pity's sake, whoever oversees the recording process or is responsible for quality control, PLEASE take the time to make sure your narrator knows how to pronounce proper names before they start reading.

BTW...it's pronounced Raleigh...not Riley. How would you like it if we called you Kiddy instead of Kadee?