The Pilgrims and Pocahontas
Subtitle: rival myths of American origin
By: Ann Uhry Abrams.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Pocahontas, d. 1617; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony); Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691; Jamestown (Va.) -- History; Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Folklore; Jamestown (Va.) -- Folklore
Description: Following the American Revolution, citizens of the United States began to write a history of their new nation starting with the first English settlements, Jamestown and Plymouth. Virginians embellished the saga of Jamestown and Pocahontas, the Indian woman who, by popular accounts, saved the colony. Similarly, New Englanders sanctified the Pilgrims and their mythical first step on Plymouth Rock.

By comparing these two origin myths, investigating them in art, literature, and popular memory, Ann Uhry Abrams uncovers surprising similarities in traditions of remembrance as well as striking differences in the character of the myths and the messages they convey.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.