Pocahontas and Her Two Husbands The TRUTH, Not Animated Fiction, about Her Marriages to Kocoum and John Rolfe (Not John Smith) |
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| Author:
| Rolfe, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5448-1819-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $5.49 |
Book Description:
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After the English kidnapped her and killed her Native American husband when she was age 15, she became the most important woman in colonial America. She was the first Native American to convert to Christianity and be baptized (1614), and the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, in a church wedding ceremony (1614). Her marriage led to the Peace of Pocahontas which assured the success of the first permanent English settlement in America long before the Massachusetts colony. She was...
More DescriptionAfter the English kidnapped her and killed her Native American husband when she was age 15, she became the most important woman in colonial America. She was the first Native American to convert to Christianity and be baptized (1614), and the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, in a church wedding ceremony (1614). Her marriage led to the Peace of Pocahontas which assured the success of the first permanent English settlement in America long before the Massachusetts colony. She was the toast of London in 1616 and 1617 before her untimely death at age 19.