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The double life of Pocahontas  Cover Image Book Book

The double life of Pocahontas / Jean Fritz.

Fritz, Jean. (Author).

Summary:

A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780698119352
  • ISBN: 0140322574 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0329061151
  • ISBN: 0698119355
  • ISBN: 0329391968
  • Physical Description: 96 pages : map ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Putnam, c1983.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94) and index.
Target Audience Note:
910 Lexile.
910L Lexile
Subject: Pocahontas, -1617 > Juvenile literature.
Pocahontas, -1617.
Powhatan, approximately 1550-1618.
Smith, John, 1580-1631.
Pocahontas, -1617.
Powhatan, approximately 1550-1618.
Smith, John, 1580-1631.
Powhatan Indians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America > Biography.
Women > Biography.
Indians of North America > Virginia > Biography.
Women > Biography.
Jamestown (Va.) > History > Juvenile literature.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Juvenile literature.
Jamestown (Va.) > History.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Jamestown (Va.) > History.
Virginia > History.

Available copies

  • 12 of 12 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville JB POCAHONTAS (Text) 78321000015392 Juvenile Biography Available -
Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library J 921 POC (Text) 33187004076523 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
LaGrange Co PL - Bookmobile jB PO (Text) 30477101191561 Children: Biography Available -
Lincoln Heritage PL - Dale Main Library People/Biographies: J 975.5 FRI (Text) 70743000075540 People/Biographies Available -
Monticello-Union Twp PL - Monticello JF FRI (Text) 37743000422131 Children Fiction Available -
Morgan Co PL - Eminence Branch JB POC (Text) 78551000379929 Juvenile Biography Available -
Newburgh Chandler PL - Bell Road Library J 973.2092 FRI (Text) 39206017537661 J Non-Fiction Available -
North Webster Comm. PL - North Webster J 92 POC (Text) 72436000057344 J Nonfiction Available -
Perry Co PL - Cannelton Branch J B POC (Text) 70622000027637 CPL-Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Ridgeville PL - Ridgeville J-PB 92 Poc (Text) 36684000010358 Children's and Young Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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    In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and the culture that shaped her.

    "This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of a girl whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and the white world." —Publishers Weekly

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    In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and the culture that shaped her.

    "This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of a girl whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and the white world." —Publishers Weekly

    "Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns history into engrossing reality." —The New Yorker

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