He develops a more compelling read than does the typical high school text book and writes intriguingly which propels the reader, to continue on to the successive chapters in the early history of Virginia. Price reveals countless facts from original documents about the history of Jamestown and other fledgling colonies, John Smith, and Smith’s relationship with Pocahontas. Price describes a more robust account of events that really did take place in the poorly run, miserable, yet evolving settlement of Jamestown, Virginia and engulfs and edifies the story marketed by Disney and others for young audiences. This is brilliantly explained in David A. As one ages, one becomes aware of the dichotomy between fact and fiction. Whether it was in a Disney movie or at a school play that one first learned of Jamestown, students want to believe that this romantic relationship really did occur. Knopf)Īs a young child many of us are raised to be familiar with the Pocahontas and John Smith story. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation (New York: Alfred A.
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