The Double Life of Pocahontas - Softcover

Fritz, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0698119355 ISBN 13: 9780698119352

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2002

Synopsis

[ { By Fritz, Jean ( Author ) THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS Mar-01-2002 Paperback } ]

About this title

Review:

"This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of a girl whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and the white world." --Publishers Weekly

"Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns history into engrossing reality." --The New Yorker

About the Author:

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history. She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Awards.
She passed away on May 14, 2017.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0698119355
• ISBN 13: 9780698119352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96