Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series

by Camilla Townsend

Book Overview

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 na ve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809077388
• ISBN13: 9780809077380
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous History Book

I started to read the book in bed and felt disappointed with the 1st chapter. But then, Pocahantas came on the scene and I became riveted. I could not put the book down. I was up the night in order to get to the end. CTownsend did a superb job at bringing this little girl to life. Excellent research, careful interpretations and indubious outcomes. - all backed with solid time frames and the cast of characters involved in and around her life. The best book on Pocahantas I have ever read. A winner.