Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma

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Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1429930772
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma by : Camilla Townsend

Download or read book Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma written by Camilla Townsend and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2005-09-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camilla Townsend's stunning new 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.

Pocahontas

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152054656
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (546 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Joseph Bruchac

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Reprint.

Pocahontas

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Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 164540501X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Paula Gunn Allen

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Paula Gunn Allen and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gripping account of a fascinating woman and the role she played in the shaping of America."—TONY HILLERMAN AMERICA'S FOUNDING MOTHER In striking counterpoint to the conventional account, Pocahontas is a bold biography that tells the extraordinary story of the beloved Indian maiden from a Native American perspective. Dr. Paula Gunn Allen, the acknowledged founder of Native American literary studies, draws on sources often overlooked by Western historians and offers remarkable new insights into the adventurous life and sacred role of this foremost American heroine. Gunn Allen reveals why so many have revered Pocahontas as the female counterpart to the father of our nation, George Washington. "This first-rate biography of Pocahontas, one of the most important and elusive women in American history, ought to be required reading."—N. SCOTT MOMADAY, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning House Made of Dawn "A fascinating study of the life and times of one of the most famous and at the same time least-known American women. I urge everyone to read this great eye-opener and monumental work."—ROBERT J. CONLEY, author of Sequoyah "Nothing less than a watershed event in the historiography of the Americas—not to mention one of the wittiest and wisest biographies I have ever read."—THE NEW YORK SUN "Gunn Allen attempts to place Pocahontas firmly in her Algonquin world and tell her story honoring the oral tradition of which Pocahontas was a part."—CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER "[In] Ms. Allen's spirited revision, [she] insists that Pocahontas cannot be understood except within an Algonquin Indian context."—WALL STREET JOURNAL "[F]ascinating and provocative . . . [Gunn Allen's] book gives powerful insight into the relationship between Native Americans, American colonists, and the British."—TIKKUN

Pocahontas and the English Boys

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980598X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas and the English Boys by : Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Download or read book Pocahontas and the English Boys written by Karen Ordahl Kupperman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The True Story of Pocahontas

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Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1555918670
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book The True Story of Pocahontas written by and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, Powhatan, Opechancanough

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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813933404
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough by : Helen C. Rountree

Download or read book Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough written by Helen C. Rountree and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Disney's Pocahontas

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Publisher : Random House Disney
ISBN 13 : 9780786830596
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Disney's Pocahontas by : Kathryn Siegler

Download or read book Disney's Pocahontas written by Kathryn Siegler and published by Random House Disney. This book was released on 1995 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Art of Pocahontas

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Publisher : Disney Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780786861583
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Pocahontas written by Stephen Rebello and published by Disney Editions. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

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Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780385074544
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Ingri D'Aulaire

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Ingri D'Aulaire and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1985-03-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple biography of the proud Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith, married an Englishman, and went to England where she met the Queen.

Pocahontas, Girl of Jamestown

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Publisher : Troll Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780893751425
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (514 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas, Girl of Jamestown by : Kate Jassem

Download or read book Pocahontas, Girl of Jamestown written by Kate Jassem and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

The True Story of Pocahontas

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Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780780752351
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)

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Book Synopsis The True Story of Pocahontas by : Lucille Recht Penner

Download or read book The True Story of Pocahontas written by Lucille Recht Penner and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into Reading Step 3.

The Double Life of Pocahontas

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Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780808592723
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis The Double Life of Pocahontas by : Jean Fritz

Download or read book The Double Life of Pocahontas written by Jean Fritz and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from (the Pocahontas) legend and turns history into engrossing reality.--The New Yorker. Boston Globe/Horn Book Award; ALA Notable Children's Book.

Pocahontas

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Publisher : Abdo Zoom-Launch
ISBN 13 : 9781532120244
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Jennifer Strand

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Jennifer Strand and published by Abdo Zoom-Launch. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title Page -- Credits -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Early Life -- Leader -- History Maker -- Legacy -- Quick Stats -- Key Dates -- Glossary -- Booklinks -- Index

Pocahontas

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Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425136201
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Susan Donnell

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Susan Donnell and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1993-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

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Publisher : Scholastic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780439165853
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (658 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : George Sullivan

Download or read book Pocahontas written by George Sullivan and published by Scholastic Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521469593
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (695 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas by : Robert S. Tilton

Download or read book Pocahontas written by Robert S. Tilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centering around her legendary rescue of Smith from the brink of execution and her subsequent marriage to a white Jamestown colonist, the Pocahontas convention developed into a source of national debate over such broad issues as miscegenation, racial conflict, and colonial expansion.

Pocahontas and the Strangers

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Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780590434812
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocahontas and the Strangers by : Clyde Robert Bulla

Download or read book Pocahontas and the Strangers written by Clyde Robert Bulla and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1988-06-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The braves of Pocahontas' tribe all speak of war, but when they capture Captain John Smith, Pocahontas feels she must try to save the white man's life.