Alistair Cooke's "Personal History" of the United States (Part 2 of a thirteen part series). In this episode, Cooke covers Colonial America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This episode begins in Jamestown Virginia, where English adventurers carved the first permanent settlement out of a disease-ridden marshland in 1607. Ben Franklin among others are profiled. Narrated by Alistair Cooke.