Pocahontas: Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat, Medicine Woman - Hardcover

Allen, Paula Gunn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006053687X ISBN 13: 9780060536879

Publisher: Harperone, 2003

Synopsis

A portrait of the Native American heroine draws on previously unavailable sources and documents her relationship with John Smith, efforts to bridge cultures, work alongside husband John Rolfe to establish a tobacco trade, and travel to Europe as an ambassador. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Allen is a pathfinder." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Allen is a pathfinder."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Nothing less than a watershed event in the historiography of the Americas."--Carl Rollyson, The New York Sun

"Paula Gunn Allen, a pioneer of Native American literary studies, tells Pocahontas' story from the Indian perspective."--Oakland Tribune

[In] Ms. Allen's spirited revision, [she] insists that Pocahontas cannot be understood except within an Algonquin Indian context.--Wall Street Journal

"Allen's Pocahontas ... is a real visionary, a prodigiously gifted young woman ... made manifest by Allen's often lyrical and powerful writing."--Publishers Weekly

"This is not your typical biography. It couldn't be."--San Francisco Chronicle

Allen s Pocahontas ... is a real visionary, a prodigiously gifted young woman ... made manifest by Allen s often lyrical and powerful writing. --Publishers Weekly"

This is not your typical biography. It couldn t be. --San Francisco Chronicle"

Nothing less than a watershed event in the historiography of the Americas. --Carl Rollyson, The New York Sun"

About the Author:

Paula Gunn Allen is Professor Emerita of English and American Indian Studies at UCLA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperone
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 006053687X
• ISBN 13: 9780060536879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288