Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0809077388 ISBN13: 9780809077380 Release Date: September 2005 Publisher: Hill & Wang Length: 240 Pages Weight: 0.56 lbs. Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3" Camilla Townsend's stunning new book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to the invading British but to ourselves. Neither na ve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, diplomacy, and violence. Indeed, Pocahontas's life is a testament to the subtle intelligence that Native Americans, always aware of their material disadvantages, brought against the military power of the colonizing English. Resistance, espionage, collaboration, deception: Pocahontas's life is here shown