'Pocahontas And The English Boys' Bridged 2 Wildly Different Cultures
Historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shines a new light on Pocahontas, showing how she made her way as a go-between for her two cultures, and introducing us to her long-forgotten English counterparts.
by Marcela Davison Avilés
Mar 12, 2019
3 minutes
As the nation turns to elections in 2020, one person has emerged as the front-runner in the imagination of the electorate, if not in reality.
I'm speaking, of course, about Pocahontas.
Over 400 years ago, after she was captured by English conquerors in Jamestown, Pocahontas learned the art of survival by navigating her own agency between cultures. In her new book, , history professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman focuses a sharp light on the historical record, revealing the elements of Pocahontas' resilience and illuminating the narrative
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