Pocahontas: The Life and the Legend

by Frances Mossiker

Book Overview

"Sets the record straight in almost every instance. . . . Pocahontas is an outstanding book--by far the most sensible and complete to date."--Book World

The amazing story and alluring personality of Pocahontas (1595-1617) have endured the enlargement of legend and the distortions of time, as if waiting for Mossiker's skill, scholarship, and sensitivity to reveal Pocahontas as she was. This biography illuminates the dual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306806991
• ISBN13: 9780306806995
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Separates the life from the legend....

The author carefully examines all the evidence of the life of Pocahontas - through anthopological, psychological, sociological analysis as well as the historical record. Of course much of what is commonly known is taken from the extensive and self-serving journals of John Smith, which the author takes with an appropriate grain of salt.This is an excellent antidote to the Disney version and a must-read for students of pre-colonial U.S. history.This book provide a fantastic glimpse of what life was really like in Jamestown in the very early days, as well as what sort of political milieu was present in tidewater Virginia at the time of settlers' arrival.