Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who acted as emissary for her father from the age of 10, alongside the never-before-told intertwined stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders to act as intermediaries. The four faced intrigue and danger, knowledge and power, as they lived out their lives between cultures, never being trusted completely by either side.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Over a hundred years before the pilgrims, the very first English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island. But without warning, these colonists abandoned their new home and disappeared without a trace. What happened to the colonists? To figure it out, we'll need to investigate how these missing settlers got to Roanoke in the first place, and what the people already living there thought about these strange foreigners. It's a case filled with brutal battles,...