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Pocahontas and her world; a chronicle of America's first settlement in which is related the story of the Indians and the Englishmen, particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe
- Title
- Pocahontas and her world; a chronicle of America's first settlement in which is related the story of the Indians and the Englishmen, particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe [by] Philip L. Barbour.
- Author
- Barbour, Philip L.
- Publication
- Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1970 [©1969]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F234.J3 B38 1970 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 320 pages illustrations, maps, portraits; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [283]-299.
- Contents
- Chronology -- "In the gloom and silence of the dark and impenetrable forest" -- The whitemen -- Pocahontas and Captain John Smith -- Powhatan and John Smith -- While Powhatan watched : the starving time -- Samuel Argall of Kent : half-idle onlooker at Jamestown -- Jamestown challenges the Indians -- Pocahontas and Captain Argall -- John Rolfe meets Pocahontas -- Pocahontas' wedding and peace with the Indians -- Peace within the colony -- Leaving the forest behind -- Pocahontas (and John Smith) in London -- Peace draws to a close -- "Like a death-web spun" -- The aftermath -- What happened to the three Englishmen in Pocahontas' life -- Appendixes. Notes on so-called relics of Powhatan and Pocahontas -- Notes on the Rolfe family -- John Rolfe's letter to Sir Thomas Dale regarding his marriage to Pocahontas.
- ISBN
- 0709121881
- 9780709121886
- LCCN
- 70100621
- OCLC
- ocm00064758
- 64758
- SCSB-189627
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library