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The story of Pocahontas has fascinated people for more than four centuries and it still inspires people today. It will undoubtedly continue to do so. This episode explores the origin of the Pocahontas myth, reveals the truth about John Smith and discusses the historical events surrounding the iconic couple.

 

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Recommended Reading:

Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series

Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation

 

Recommended Viewing:

Disney’s Pocahontas

National Geographic Explorer – The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown

 

Bibliography:

Print

Custalow, Dr. Linwood “Little Bear”, “The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History” Fulcrum Publishing (January 16, 2007) (Jan 16, 2007)

Price, David A. “Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation”, Vintage (December 18, 2007)

Rountree, Helen C. “Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown” University of Virginia Press (July 5, 2006)

Townsend, Camilla , “Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series” Hill and Wang; First Edition (September 7, 2005)

 

Film

“Pocahontas”. Dir. Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg. By Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik, Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, and David Ogden Stiers. Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc., 1995. DVD.,

“National Geographic Explorer: The New World: Nightmare At Jamestown”. Written by: Ann Carroll and Charles Poe. Perf. Lisa Ling and Peter Coyote. National Geographic Video, 2005. Netflix.

“Save Our History: Godspeed to Jamestown”. A&E Networks, 2006. DVD.

 

Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas, “Pocahontas”

http://www.biography.com/people/pocahontas-9443116, “Pocahontas.biography”

http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html, Chief Roy Crazy Horse “The Pocahontas Myth”

http://www.pbs.org/saf/1203/features/pocahontas.htm, “Pocahontas and Jamestown”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer), “John Smith (Explorer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Colony, “Colony of Virginia”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Newport, “Christopher Newport”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Powhatan, “Chief Powhatan”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Percy, George Percry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor), John Ratcliffe (Governor)

http://historyisfun.org/chronicles/tom_more.html, Thomas Savage Arrived In Virginia 1608

 

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