Pocahontas and the English Boys - 9781479825820

Pocahontas and the English BoysCaught Between Cultures in Early Virginia\nAuthor(s): Karen Ordahl Kupperman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479825820, 978-1479825820\nSynopsis\nThe captivating story of four young peopleEnglish and Powhatanwho lived their lives between cultures \n In Pocahontas and the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia's founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into cross-cultural relationshipsand became essential for the colony's survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to both sides of early Virginia. \n Here for the first time outside scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told .