Thanks to the Walt Disney Company, Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who lived in the 17th century. The ...

2006-10-15 04:00:00 PDT Jamestown, Va.-- If history were fair, I was thinking as I left Jamestown, Va., last month, Pocahontas would be on Mount Rushmore, and so would John Smith. They deserved it.

Offers a look at the life of the explorer, soldier of fortune, and colonist John Smith, from his early life and adventures to his exploits in the New World and role in the founding of America. "He ...

Many Americans associate gift-giving, snow, lights and mistletoe at Christmas. Mention of the holiday wouldn’t conjure up images of Capt. John Smith of James Fort. Yet, it was Smith, the extraordinary ...

Prologue -- The crossing -- Have great care not to offend -- Wingfield -- The rescue -- Gilded dirt -- Powhatan becomes an English prince -- Pocahontas saves John Smith again -- The starving time -- ...

Pocahontas is a young princess constantly searching for adventure, and brings her friends along! She finds one of her most unexpected adventures in a stranger, John Smith. On the Disney Magic of ...

Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling Jamestown colony. But this fairy tale, familiar to millions today from ...

This sparkling book retells a beloved tale in modern terms. Journalist Price's subtitle suggests that the book might be only about John Smith and Pocahontas—who "crossed into one another's cultures ...