TY - BOOK AU - Yolen,Jane AU - Stemple,Heidi E.Y. AU - Roth,Roger TI - Roanoke: the lost colony : an unsolved mystery from history SN - 0689823215 AV - F229 .Y57 2003 U1 - 975.6/175 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers KW - Roanoke Colony (N.C.) KW - Roanoke Island (N.C.) KW - History KW - 16th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - A group of colonists who are brought by John White in 1587 to a new colony at Roanoke off the Atlantic coast disappear during his absence in order to gather supplies for the long winter. The only signs of life left are the letters CRO carved into a tree and the word CROSTOAN carved into one of the fort's posts ER -