Warner tries to separate the life of Pocahontas from the embellishments of John Smith and her proud descendants. He follows her childhood at Powhatan’s court, her dealings with the Jamestown colonists, her capture, conversion and marriage to John Rolfe, and her journey to England, with a sceptical eye on the sources. Its language about Native Americans is that of 1881.
A short, readable account of the woman behind the American legend. Download the free EPUB.