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xx, 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-136) and index. |
| Contents |
1. History of the Dispute -- 2. The Pocahontas Episode in Smith's Writings -- 3. Considerations Bearing upon the Dispute -- Afterword: Henry Adams and Captain John Smith. |
| Summary |
By the mid-nineteenth century, Captain John Smith, the early Colonial explorer and settler, was a well-known figure in American history. The story of how the Powhatan princess Pocahontas saved him in 1607 from execution by her tribe appeared in all the standard American histories; numerous plays, novels, and poems were devoted to the episode. Starting in the 1860s, however, scholars began to question Smith's published accounts of the Pocahontas incident, and a controversy ensued, with Henry Adams becoming Smith's most famous detractor. Today many scholars continue to regard Smith as a vainglorious braggart who lied about his rescue. Did Pocahontas Save Captain John Smith? is the first full analysis of the historiography of this debate. Examining all the primary and secondary evidence, J. A. Leo Lemay persuasively demonstrates that the incident did in fact occur. |
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Smith, John, 1580-1631.
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Pocahontas, -1617.
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Jamestown (Va.) -- History.
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Powhatan women -- History.
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Pocahontas, -1617. (OCoLC)fst01841745
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Smith, John, 1580-1631. (OCoLC)fst00051860
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Powhatan women. (OCoLC)fst01074490
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Virginia -- Jamestown.
(OCoLC)fst01205035
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0820314617 (alk. paper) |
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9780820314617 (alk. paper) |
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9780820336282 |
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0820336289 |
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