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| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Joseph Bruchac, 2005-10-01 In 1607, when John Smith and his Coatmen arrive in Powhatan to begin settling the colony of Virginia, their relations with the village's inhabitants are anything but warm. Pocahontas, the beloved daughter of the Powhatan chief, is just eleven, but this astute young girl plays a fateful, peaceful role in the destinies of two peoples. Drawing from the personal journals of John Smith, American Book Award winner Joseph Bruchac reveals an important chapter of history through the eyes of two legendary figures. Includes an afterword, a glossary, and other historical context. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, 1998-03-01 A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who helped John Smith and the English settlers in Jamestown. |
| pocahontas book: Disney's Pocahontas Kathryn Siegler, 1995 Captures all the highlights of the Disney animated feature film, from the antics of Flit, a very determined hummingbird, to the drama of two cultures in confrontation. Movie tie-in. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas, 1595-1617 Liz Sonneborn, 2003-09 From leading the Underground Railroad to heading the Confederate Army, readers will learn about the courageous women and men who shaped the Civil War and helped America define the meaning of freedom. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma Camilla Townsend, 2005-09-07 “Captivating . . . ideal for anyone interested in the true story of Pocahontas [and] historians and students interested in early Colonial American history.” —Simone Bonim, History in Review Camilla Townsend’s stunning book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were—in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world—not only to the invading British but to ourselves. Neither naïve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, diplomacy, and violence. Indeed, Pocahontas’s life is a testament to the subtle intelligence that Native Americans, always aware of their material disadvantages, brought against the military power of the colonizing English. Resistance, espionage, collaboration, deception: Pocahontas’s life is here shown as a road map to Native American strategies of defiance exercised in the face of overwhelming odds and in the hope for a semblance of independence worth the name. Townsend’s Pocahontas emerges—as a young child on the banks of the Chesapeake, an influential noblewoman visiting a struggling Jamestown, an English gentlewoman in London—for the first time in three-dimensions; allowing us to see and sympathize with her people as never before. “Camilla Townsend, who writes with a sharp sword and a crackling whip, refuses to believe anything just because so many people have repeated it.” —Harper’s Magazine “Townsend . . . skillfully piece[s] together a plausible picture of a brave, intelligent young woman and her eventful, if brief, life.” —John M. and Priscilla S. Taylor, The Washington Times |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas and the English Boys Karen Ordahl Kupperman, 2021-01-19 The captivating story of four young people—English and Powhatan—who lived their lives between cultures In Pocahontas and the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into cross-cultural relationships—and became essential for the colony’s survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to both sides of early Virginia. Here for the first time outside scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told intertwined stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders to act as intermediaries. Pocahontas and the English Boys is a riveting seventeenth-century story of intrigue and danger, knowledge and power, and four youths who lived out their lives between cultures. As Pocahontas, Thomas, Henry, and Robert collaborated and conspired in carrying messages and trying to smooth out difficulties, they never knew when they might be caught in the firing line of developing hostilities. While their knowledge and role in controlling communication gave them status and a degree of power, their relationships with both sides meant that no one trusted them completely. Written by an expert in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Atlantic history, Pocahontas and the English Boys unearths gems from the archives—Henry Spelman’s memoir, travel accounts, letters, and official reports and records of meetings of the governor and council in Virginia—and draws on recent archaeology to share the stories of the young people who were key influencers of their day and who are now set to transform our understanding of early Virginia. |
| pocahontas book: The True Story of Pocahontas , 2016-11-30 The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has been maintained and passed down from generation to generation within the Mattaponi Tribe, and the first written history of Pocahontas by her own people. |
| pocahontas book: The Double Life of Pocahontas Jean Fritz, 1991 A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas George Sullivan, 2002 Presents a biography of the seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian who befriended Captain John Smith and the Jamestown settlers, using available primary sources, and places her life in its historical context. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas, Girl of Jamestown Kate Jassem, 1998-05 A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough Helen C. Rountree, 2006-07-05 Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for two centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. It was Opechancanough who captured the foreign captain Chawnzmit—John Smith. Smith gave Opechancanough a compass, described to him a spherical earth that revolved around the sun, and wondered if his captor was a cannibal. Opechancanough, who was no cannibal and knew the world was flat, presented Smith to his elder brother, the paramount chief Powhatan. The chief, who took the name of his tribe as his throne name (his personal name was Wahunsenacawh), negotiated with Smith over a lavish feast and opened the town to him, leading Smith to meet, among others, Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas. Thinking he had made an ally, the chief finally released Smith. Within a few decades, and against their will, his people would be subjects of the British Crown. Despite their roles as senior politicians in these watershed events, no biography of either Powhatan or Opechancanough exists. And while there are other biographies of Pocahontas, they have for the most part elaborated on her legend more than they have addressed the known facts of her remarkable life. As the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s founding approaches, nationally renowned scholar of Native Americans, Helen Rountree, provides in a single book the definitive biographies of these three important figures. In their lives we see the whole arc of Indian experience with the English settlers – from the wary initial encounters presided over by Powhatan, to the uneasy diplomacy characterized by the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, to the warfare and eventual loss of native sovereignty that came during Opechancanough’s reign. Writing from an ethnohistorical perspective that looks as much to anthropology as the written records, Rountree draws a rich portrait of Powhatan life in which the land and the seasons governed life and the English were seen not as heroes but as Tassantassas (strangers), as invaders, even as squatters. The Powhatans were a nonliterate people, so we have had to rely until now on the white settlers for our conceptions of the Jamestown experiment. This important book at last reconstructs the other side of the story. |
| pocahontas book: The True Story of Pocahontas Lucille Recht Penner, 1994-09 Step into Reading Step 3. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Jennifer Strand, 2017-09 Cover -- Title Page -- Credits -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Leader -- History Maker -- Legacy -- Quick Stats -- Key Dates -- Glossary -- Booklinks -- Index |
| pocahontas book: The Pocahontas-John Smith Story Pocahontas Wight Edmunds, 1956-01-01 |
| pocahontas book: The True Story of Pocahontas Kelly Reinhart, 2003 |
| pocahontas book: The Art of Pocahontas Stephen Rebello, 1995-06-01 Chronicling the creation of the Disney animated feature film, an illustrated text traces the process of the making of Pocahontas through all aspects of production including concept art, storyboards, original musical score, and special effects. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas and the Strangers Clyde Robert Bulla, 1988-01-09 This biography tells the story of the Indian princess Pocahontas, who risked her life to save Captain John Smith and to bring peace between the Indians and the English. Christopher Award. |
| pocahontas book: The Story of Pocahontas Brian Doherty, Thea Kliros, 1994-08-23 A fictionalized account of the life of Pocahontas who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Susan Donnell, 1993-02 This bestseller was written by a direct descendant of Pocahontas. The daughter of great Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas lived a traditional life, mindful of nature and the land, and viewed the arrival of the English as an opportunity to learn. Through her indomitable spirit, she bridged the gap between her world and the colonists. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Joanne Mattern, 2015 Presents a brief look at the life of Pocahontas. |
| pocahontas book: The Princess Pocahontas Virginia Watson, |
| pocahontas book: Disney Before the Story: Pocahontas Leads the Way Tessa Roehl, 2020-09-29 Before Pocahontas saved John Smith . . . she was a girl ready to explore! Pocahontas is always looking for an adventure. When Nakoma's younger brother falls ill and the tribe's healer needs a special herb to treat him, Pocahontas recruits Nakoma to come with her on a harrowing journey. Will the two girls retrieve the plant in time? Or will their differences cost them the mission and their friendship? |
| pocahontas book: The Pilgrims And Pocahontas Ann Uhry Abrams, 1999-06-18 Art historian Abrams traces how the two founding myths have been expressed in art, literature, and popular literature, finding surprising similarities between them as well as the expected differences. She shows how they were invoked in debates concerning immigration, women's rights, abolition, Indian removal, and other national issues, and how the stories fueled the flames of the Civil War. She includes many black-and-white reproductions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| pocahontas book: Love and Hate in Jamestown David A. Price, 2005-01-04 A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and this book brings it fully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive original documents, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the major figures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to the resourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spirited Pocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rare balanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives and debunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work of history, reminding us of the horrors and heroism that marked the dawning of our nation. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas's People Helen C. Rountree, 1990 In this history, Helen C. Roundtree traces events that shaped the lives of the Powhatan Indians of Virginia, from their first encounter with English colonists, in 1607, to their present-day way of life and relationship to the state of Virginia and the federal government. Roundtree’s examination of those four hundred years misses not a beat in the pulse of Powhatan life. Combining meticulous scholarship and sensitivity, the author explores the diversity always found among Powhatan people, and those people’s relationships with the English, the government of the fledgling United States, the Union and the Confederacy, the U.S. Census Bureau, white supremacists, the U.S. Selective Service, and the civil rights movement. |
| pocahontas book: The Story of Pocahontas Caryn Jenner, 2012-11-08 Learn the courageous story of Pocahontas in this DK Level 2 Reader eBook! Famous for helping maintain peace between the English colonists and Native Americans, this brave Indian woman befriended the settlers at Jamestown, saving the life of their leader, Captain John Smith. Packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills. Perfect for reading together! |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Kathleen Krull, 2007-04-03 Presents the life of Pocahontas, a Powhatan princess, describing how she saved the life of Captain John Smith of Jamestown, made efforts to broker peace between the English and the Powhatan, married John Rolfe, and died in England at the age of twenty-two |
| pocahontas book: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Read-Along Storybook Disney Books, 2013-02-12 Join Snow White as she flees the evil Queen and meets the Seven Dwarfs! This charming read-along storybook, featuring thrilling sound effects and word-for-word narration, is sure to provide hours of fun while also building vocabulary and encouraging independent reading. |
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| pocahontas book: Pocahontas and Sacagawea Cyndi Spindell Berck, 2015 So many myths surround Pocahontas and Sacagawea that the fascinating true stories are often obscured. This book offers an original perspective on two of the best-known, least-understood women in American history, said Landon Y. Jones, author of William Clark and the Shaping of the American West, in an advance review. Pocahontas and Sacagawea brings the legacies of these famous women and their peoples up to the present. This rigorously researched work of nonfiction focuses on the personalities and adventures of the American west. Berck's groundbreaking book adds an important new dimension to the story of western migration and the European settlement of America. The nation-building set in motion in Jamestown, and accelerated by Lewis and Clark, led to terrible consequences for American Indians, Berck observed in a recent interview. Yet, not all of the interactions between whites and Indians were brutal. There appeared to be genuine friendships between Pocahontas and John Smith, and between Sacagawea and William Clark. Berck weaves the stories of these two Native American heroines with those of their friends, kin, and contemporaries, tracing a slice of American migration from the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, across the Appalachian Mountains, through the land of the Cherokees, to St. Louis, up the Missouri River, and finally to the Pacific. We meet John Smith, Daniel Boone, and William Clark on this journey, Berck continued, We also meet the famous mountain man James Beckwourth, who was a friend of Sacagawea's son, and a Northern Paiute woman named Sarah Winnemucca, whose family gave its name to a town in Nevada. These cross-cultural relationships are important to understand, the author said in closing. I see them as hopeful alternatives to the territorial and cultural conflicts so common in our world today. |
| pocahontas book: COLORS OF THE WIND Alan Menken, Stephen Lyrics Schwartz, 1995-06-01 A gift book featuring the new song created by an Oscar-winning composer and a Grammy-winning lyricist for the Disney moviePocahontasfeatures original artwork and haunting verses about the legendary love between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. |
| pocahontas book: The True Story of Pocahontas Linwood Custalow, Angela L. Daniel, 2007 For the first time, the true story of Pocahontas is revealed by her own people. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Laurence Santrey, 1985 A biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess whose friendship toward the English settlers at Jamestown was a key factor in making the colony a success. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Paula Gunn Allen, 2004 In striking contrast to conventional accounts, Pocahontas is a bold and daring biography that attempts to tell the extraordinary story of the beloved Indian maiden from the Native American perspective. Drawing from sources often overlooked by Western historians, Dr. Paula Gunn Allen offers remarkable new insights into the adventurous life and sacred role of this foremost American heroine. We have all heard about the love-struck Pocahontas saving the dashing Captain John Smith from execution by the Chief of the Powhatans, but what if the whole event was a staged ritual of his death as a foreigner and his rebirth as an adopted member of the Powhatan Nation? Settlers at Jamestown report a young, cartwheeling Pocahontas frequently at their fort, but could the innocent-looking visitor actually have been a spy -- reporting back to her elders what she saw there? Was Pocahontas willingly kidnapped by the British settlers in exchange for corn and other ransom from her tribe, or was this a part of her more elaborate plan? We have been taught that this amazing woman was later baptized a Christian and married in the church at Jamestown, yet she helped her husband, John Rolfe, grow and export tobacco -- a powerful, indigenous herb to which the Native Americans attributed shamanic powers. Finally, the Indian Princess, now known as Lady Rebecca Rolfe, traveled to England for an audience with King James I and Queen Anne. Was this a publicity stunt orchestrated by the English backers of the Virginia colony, or was Pocahontas fulfilling her role as a Beloved Woman, an honor designated to a female of great spiritual power who was to be trained from birth in the diplomatic and political ways of her tribe? Pocahontas became an extraordinary ambassador, forming groundbreaking relations between the Indians, the American colonists, and the British. Dr. Gunn Allen convincingly argues that through all of this, Pocahontas fulfilled a crucial and essential role in the birth of a New World. This stunning portrait presents the fascinating, untold story of one of the most romantic and beloved figures in American history, and reveals why so many have revered Pocahontas as the female counterpart to George Washington, the true Mother of Our Nation. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Victoria Garrett Jones, 2010 This biography explores the life of Pocahontas, and the background of the Powhatan tribe. |
| pocahontas book: The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith Elmer Boyd Smith, 2018-10-10 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| pocahontas book: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles John Smith, 2022-10-26 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| pocahontas book: Disney's Pocahontas Ann Braybrooks, 1995 When Percy disappears, John Smith and Pocahontas must find him before the settlers go looking and come upon the Indian village. |
| pocahontas book: Pocahontas Frances Mossiker, 1976 |
Pocahontas - Wikipedia
Pocahontas (US: / ˌ p oʊ k ə ˈ h ɒ n t ə s /, UK: / ˌ p ɒ k-/; born Amonute, [1] also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging …
The Real Story of Pocahontas: Her Life, Death and Meaning - TIME
Mar 12, 2019 · Despite her short life, Pocahontas was a key figure in the beginnings of English America. Here's what to know about her story.
Pocahontas, Arkansas - Wikipedia
Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, [3] Arkansas, United States, along the Black River.According to the 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city was …
Pocahontas - U.S. National Park Service
Mar 19, 2024 · Although Pocahontas (c. 1597 – March 1617) lived only twenty years, different versions of her story became a part of an American mythology that persists centuries later. But …
Pocahontas: Separating Fact From Fiction About the Native …
Oct 15, 2020 · While captive in Jamestown, Pocahontas was raped by possibly more than one colonist — an act that was incomprehensible to Native Americans. She grew into a deep …
Pocahontas | Biography, Cultural Legacy, & Facts | Britannica
Apr 15, 2025 · Pocahontas, Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and …
Pocahontas - HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · Pocahontas, born around 1595, was the daughter of the powerful Chief Powhatan, the ruler of the Powhatan tribal nation.
How Much Do We Really Know About Pocahontas - Smithsonian Magazine
Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling Jamestown colony.
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend - U.S. National Park Service
Pocahontas was born about 1596 and named "Amonute," though she also had a more private name of Matoaka. She was called "Pocahontas" as a nickname, which meant "playful one," …
Pocahontas - Quotes, John Smith & Facts - Biography
Apr 3, 2014 · Pocahontas was a Powhatan Native American woman known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. In a well-known historical...
Pocahontas - Wikipedia
Pocahontas (US: / ˌ p oʊ k ə ˈ h ɒ n t ə s /, UK: / ˌ p ɒ k-/; born Amonute, [1] also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging …
The Real Story of Pocahontas: Her Life, Death and Meaning - TIME
Mar 12, 2019 · Despite her short life, Pocahontas was a key figure in the beginnings of English America. Here's what to know about her story.
Pocahontas, Arkansas - Wikipedia
Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, [3] Arkansas, United States, along the Black River.According to the 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city was …
Pocahontas - U.S. National Park Service
Mar 19, 2024 · Although Pocahontas (c. 1597 – March 1617) lived only twenty years, different versions of her story became a part of an American mythology that persists centuries later. But …
Pocahontas: Separating Fact From Fiction About the Native …
Oct 15, 2020 · While captive in Jamestown, Pocahontas was raped by possibly more than one colonist — an act that was incomprehensible to Native Americans. She grew into a deep …
Pocahontas | Biography, Cultural Legacy, & Facts | Britannica
Apr 15, 2025 · Pocahontas, Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and …
Pocahontas - HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · Pocahontas, born around 1595, was the daughter of the powerful Chief Powhatan, the ruler of the Powhatan tribal nation.
How Much Do We Really Know About Pocahontas - Smithsonian Magazine
Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling Jamestown colony.
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend - U.S. National Park Service
Pocahontas was born about 1596 and named "Amonute," though she also had a more private name of Matoaka. She was called "Pocahontas" as a nickname, which meant "playful one," …
Pocahontas - Quotes, John Smith & Facts - Biography
Apr 3, 2014 · Pocahontas was a Powhatan Native American woman known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. In a well-known historical...
