Pocahontas & John Smith: Love and Survival in the New World
The romantic tale the Native American teenager, Pocahontas, and a European settler, John Smith, is an American legend. Was it really a love story or the figment of a vivid imagination? The truth of Pocahontas' life is shrouded in interpretation of both the oral and written accounts, which can contradict one another. She still lives on through her own people, who are still here today, and through the descendents of her two sons.
The romantic tale the Native American teenager, Pocahontas, and a European settler, John Smith, is an American legend. Was it really a love story or the figment of a vivid imagination? The truth of Pocahontas' life is shrouded in interpretation of both the oral and written accounts, which can contradict one another. She still lives on through her own people, who are still here today, and through the descendents of her two sons.
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