An introduction to the life of Pocahontas, a Powhatan Indian, which covers her birth, meetings with English settlers, trip to England, family life, and death.
John Smith, Pocahontas, and the start of a new nation
Price, David
2005
Describes daily life in Jamestown for the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient but found only hardship and despair.
A biography of English explorer John Smith, discussing his exploits as a mercenary in Turkey, his founding of the Jamestown settlement where his life was allegedly saved by the intervention of Pocahontas, and his later years in England.
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.
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of 17th century Jamestown, Virginia.
