Price, David A. Love & hate in Jamestown; John Smith, Pocahontas, and the start of a new nation.(Book Review)

From: Kliatt | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Davis, Tim | Copyright information

PRICE, David A. Love & hate in Jamestown; John Smith, Pocahontas, and the start of a new nation. Random House, Vintage. 305p. notes. bibliog. index. c2003. 1-40000-3172-9. $14.95. SA *

David Price's splendid book is an example of how narrative history should be written. Price, an experienced journalist, clearly knows how to tell a really good story. He focuses not only on the two people who stand at the mythic center of the story we all remember from elementary school--J...

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