The True Story of Pocahontas

A more-faithful account of Pocahontas’ life than the Disney version, this does however have some issues.The first is that the entire book (bar the last page) is written in the present tense. The cover describes the book as “A History Reader” - surely this should be in the past tense!The early life of Pocahontas is somewhat imagined, as of course it must be when we have no records.Finally, the last page of the book states that “Pocahontas stayed in England for the rest of her life.” While this is true, it paints a rather unrealistic image of her life. She spent around 9 months in England in total, boarded a ship to go home and fell ill and died before the boat could leave the river it was sailing on. Romanticising the history does not help anyone!

Not the most exciting story, but an interesting counterpoint to the Disney version.

Bought for the granchidren who have enjoyed it very much, many thanks

Granddaughters loved it.

I ordered a book described as Used - Like New.I was delivered with a crease down the entires book and a child's writing on the first page.