The Double Life of Pocahontas
- ISBN-10
- 0140322574
- ISBN-13
- 9780140322576
- Series
- The Double Life of Pocahontas
- Category
- Indian women
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Author
- Jean Fritz
Description
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.
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