Love and hate in Jamestown
Subtitle: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the heart of a new nation
By: David A. Price.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Smith, John, 1580-1631; Pocahontas, d. 1617; Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans -- Virginia -- Jamestown; Powhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- History -- 17th century; Jamestown (Va.) -- History; Jamestown (Va.) -- Biography; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Drawing on period letters and chroniclers, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David A. Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and route to the Orient, and who instead found hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless." "Price offers a rare balanced view of the relationship between the settlers and the native. He unravels the crucial role of Pocahontas, a young woman whose reality has been obscured by centuries of legend and misinformation (and, more recently, animation). He paints indelible portraits of Chief Powhatan, the aged monarch who came close to ending the colony's existence, and Captain John Smith, the former mercenary and slave, whose disdain for class distinctions infuriated many around him - even as his resourcefulness made him essential to the colony's success."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-290) and index.