Pocahontas

Pocahontas by Edgar Parin D'aulaire. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780964380363.

First published in 1946 with the dAulairess beautiful lithographic prints, this tale of the first colony at Jamestown is told from the perspective of the princess daughter of the mighty chief Powhatan. When the Natives judge the white mans magic as evil, John Smith is condemned to death—only the intervention of Pocahontas saves his life and a tentative friendship is established between Pocahontass tribe and the new colonists. The King of England sends a crown, rich robes and a royal bed to honor Powhatan and he is pleased, but the white mans insistence that the Indians give them corn to sustain them through the long winters threatens their tenuous relationship. Pocahontass ultimate marriage to John Rolfe, the birth of their son, their voyage to England and presentation to the King and Queen is the stuff of fairy tales except that it is one of the great true stories of Americas earliest days. 46pg