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Pocahontas
A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love. . . But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the Englishman John Smith.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Tim Vicary
88 books413 followersTim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi.
His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.
Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.
Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.
His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.
Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.
Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.
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April 6, 2012I'm glad that I read a famous story. I thought Pocahontas was a character of Disney's cartoons. I learned she was real! She died young. It sounds like it is exciting to visit London, but it might be not good to live, such the weather and the crowd.
January 4, 2023
Read this for work. Going to count it towards my reading goal because why not 🤷🏻♀️
The rating is low because I don’t trust the historical accuracy of some of the events told. I’m sure some of it is factual, but it still read like it wanted to say white people are superior and Indigenous people are prone to violence.
Hoping to pair this reading with something written by an Indigenous author, so my students get a more nuanced perspective on Pocahontas.
The rating is low because I don’t trust the historical accuracy of some of the events told. I’m sure some of it is factual, but it still read like it wanted to say white people are superior and Indigenous people are prone to violence.
Hoping to pair this reading with something written by an Indigenous author, so my students get a more nuanced perspective on Pocahontas.
September 22, 2017
not that good :) but it was a strart becaus i want to read more books in english ;)
August 12, 2025
انتظار نداشتم انقدر خواندن این کتاب کوتاه طول بکشه
اما به عنوان یه داستان کوتاه حرف های زیادی برای گفتن داشت
نمیدونم نویسنده اصلی کتاب تام ویکتوریه یا داستان رو بازنویسی کرده اما به شدت عقده و انگلیسی بودنش موج میزنه
من شخصا ادم جبهه گیرنده ای در برابر کشور ها نیستم اما طبق اطلاعاتی که درباره ی انگلیس و تاریخچه اش دارم، اینکه چه ادم های کثیفی بودن و چه مقدار استمعارگر بودن، حتی اینکه همین الان ۵۶ کشور مشترک المنافع داره که قبلا مستعمره اش بودن، و اینکه هرجا ردپایی ازش هست نابودی برده از هند بگیر تا ژاپن، یه دیدگاه نسبتا سنجیده ای به اینجور داستان ها دارم.
همون لحظه ای که نویسنده مستقیم تاکید کرد (چشم های ابیش) به نتیجه رسیدم خودشون رو نژاد برتر میدونن.
این داستان متجرای نسبتا مشهوریه اما اگر دقت کنیم و از یه نظر دیگه به ماجرا نگاه کنیم تمام مدت عموی پوکوهانتس درست میگفت و باید اینگلیسی هارو میکشتن و نابودشون میکردن. نه اینمه قتل و نژاد پرستی خوب باشه، بلکه به این دلیل که اونا عملا به خونهشون تجاوز کردن. حتی به خودشون اجازه دادن با وجود شاه اون سرزمین، اسم پادشاه خودشون رو روی زمین هاشون بذارن.
اگر بومی ها حتی یه ذره احساس مالکیت روی زمین هاشون داشتن الان تمام مردم جان اسمیت مرده بودن. اما طبق روایت های تاریخی واقعی در اون زمان بومی ها معتقد بودن زمین مثل مادرشونه و نمیتونن خرید و فروشش کنن. دلیل اصلی ماندگار شدن انگلیسی ها هم همین بوده که اجازه داشتن
یکی دیگه از لحظات داستان که خیلی برام جالب بود اون قسمتیه که پوکوهانتس به جان اسمیت هشدار میده که میخوان بکشنش اما یهوووو میگه تو پادشاه منی😂 خب اگه این دیدگاه کورکورانه ی اینگلیس پرستی نیست پس چیه
خلاصه از طرح جلد هم ناراضیم😂
اما به عنوان یه داستان کوتاه حرف های زیادی برای گفتن داشت
نمیدونم نویسنده اصلی کتاب تام ویکتوریه یا داستان رو بازنویسی کرده اما به شدت عقده و انگلیسی بودنش موج میزنه
من شخصا ادم جبهه گیرنده ای در برابر کشور ها نیستم اما طبق اطلاعاتی که درباره ی انگلیس و تاریخچه اش دارم، اینکه چه ادم های کثیفی بودن و چه مقدار استمعارگر بودن، حتی اینکه همین الان ۵۶ کشور مشترک المنافع داره که قبلا مستعمره اش بودن، و اینکه هرجا ردپایی ازش هست نابودی برده از هند بگیر تا ژاپن، یه دیدگاه نسبتا سنجیده ای به اینجور داستان ها دارم.
همون لحظه ای که نویسنده مستقیم تاکید کرد (چشم های ابیش) به نتیجه رسیدم خودشون رو نژاد برتر میدونن.
این داستان متجرای نسبتا مشهوریه اما اگر دقت کنیم و از یه نظر دیگه به ماجرا نگاه کنیم تمام مدت عموی پوکوهانتس درست میگفت و باید اینگلیسی هارو میکشتن و نابودشون میکردن. نه اینمه قتل و نژاد پرستی خوب باشه، بلکه به این دلیل که اونا عملا به خونهشون تجاوز کردن. حتی به خودشون اجازه دادن با وجود شاه اون سرزمین، اسم پادشاه خودشون رو روی زمین هاشون بذارن.
اگر بومی ها حتی یه ذره احساس مالکیت روی زمین هاشون داشتن الان تمام مردم جان اسمیت مرده بودن. اما طبق روایت های تاریخی واقعی در اون زمان بومی ها معتقد بودن زمین مثل مادرشونه و نمیتونن خرید و فروشش کنن. دلیل اصلی ماندگار شدن انگلیسی ها هم همین بوده که اجازه داشتن
یکی دیگه از لحظات داستان که خیلی برام جالب بود اون قسمتیه که پوکوهانتس به جان اسمیت هشدار میده که میخوان بکشنش اما یهوووو میگه تو پادشاه منی😂 خب اگه این دیدگاه کورکورانه ی اینگلیس پرستی نیست پس چیه
خلاصه از طرح جلد هم ناراضیم😂
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October 20, 2021Pocahontas, the beloved daughter of the Powhatan chief, Mamanatowic, is the Native American who fed starving settlers, helped maintain peace between her people and the colonists, and served as a goodwill ambassador to England. This young women acts with wisdom and compassion and plays a fateful, peaceful role in the destinies of two peoples.
October 3, 2025
We read it in English class and it actually has a very sad ending so if you can't stand sad story endings, don't read it!!! but it was good anyway, except that Pocahontas' husband is different at the end and she doesn't have a child with John Smith :( I don't like John Smith, he was really disgusting :(
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September 2, 2017
Pocahontas is a beautiful and brave American-Indian girl. She fell in love with Englishman John Smith, but he run away. After years later, she married other Englishman John Rolfe. She was the first American woman marry to an Englishman and come to English.
January 9, 2021
Goooooooooood
July 31, 2021
It made me sad, good and sad story
August 28, 2022
Great and emotional atory :)
December 8, 2012
Can people from two different environments and backgrounds work together, or even fall in love and make it work? The story of Pocahontas takes us back in history to a time period when the English first discovered America. The story starts off with John Smith and his Englishmen voyaging to America and onto what Pocahontas and the Indians called their land. Both sides come together to help each other out since the Englishmen need the Indians for resources and the Indians need the Englishmen for weapons. The readers begin to believe that these two groups of people can work together to make living much better. Little do they know, the Englishmen become a threat to the Indians and the Indians feel like they needed to kick the Englishmen away since they were in America first. Even more conflict continues towards the middle of the story when Pocahontas begins to grow feelings for John but John knows this is not right due to the big age difference. Something occurs and John heads back to England leaving Pocahontas wondering about him and their love. In the end, The English and Indians lose some people through violence and Pocahontas is reunited with John but not in a way she or he expected.
I grew up reading about Pocahontas and the history behind the English and Indians. I enjoyed the story and be taught about history while learning about a love story as well. In elementary school and even now, I like when I can try and picture life in the past and how impacts the present. What interested me more was that the story incorporates history and a story together in one. It makes learning more fun when you can learn but still have fun while doing it. This is why teachers should know about Pocahontas. Although the story is outdated and not for the new generation, Pocahontas tells students about history and the discovery of America. Pocahontas can be used in history classes for 3rd grades once they begin learning about the English discovery. Not only that, but Pocahontas adds a little more with the relationship of Pocahontas and John Smith. The text and structure of this particular book, is more advanced with its short chapters, but there are some illustrations within the book that can be used as a visual to students. Pocahontas is a classical story that will allow students to think outside the box and imagine America as if they were the English and Indians.
I grew up reading about Pocahontas and the history behind the English and Indians. I enjoyed the story and be taught about history while learning about a love story as well. In elementary school and even now, I like when I can try and picture life in the past and how impacts the present. What interested me more was that the story incorporates history and a story together in one. It makes learning more fun when you can learn but still have fun while doing it. This is why teachers should know about Pocahontas. Although the story is outdated and not for the new generation, Pocahontas tells students about history and the discovery of America. Pocahontas can be used in history classes for 3rd grades once they begin learning about the English discovery. Not only that, but Pocahontas adds a little more with the relationship of Pocahontas and John Smith. The text and structure of this particular book, is more advanced with its short chapters, but there are some illustrations within the book that can be used as a visual to students. Pocahontas is a classical story that will allow students to think outside the box and imagine America as if they were the English and Indians.
June 18, 2014
1.Oxford level1
2.6/18=80min
3.English came America fight Indian girl friend
4.She can stay in Jamestown - and the guns can stay here.
English said to Indian king "If you return us our guns, we return your daughter." But king thought guns are more important than his daughter.
5.In 1607, English men came to America and try to live there. They built a town called "Jamestown". Then, there were Indians, and some of them are friendly, others are not. They are afraid of guns, so they ask English to give guns but they refused. So Indian attacked English and take one man, John, to their village. Then, king's daughter, Pocahontas, see him, and she was really attracted his beautiful blue eyes. So she ask king don't kill him. During staying village, Pocahontas and John talked a lot and became good friends. After he came back to Jamestown, she often visit him. King still wanted their guns, but they refused. One day, Pocahontas said John, "I love you, so I want you as my husband." But John refused, after 2 month, she didn't visit Jamestown. While she didn't came, he was injured by gunpowder accident, so he came back to England to heal. She was told this fact by Jamestown's man and he said John might be dead, so she was really sad. After that, she married other English man and visit to England. Then, she got a letter from John. He was alive. She met him, but she already have husband, so she said him good bye. Soon after, she get ill and died.
This story is very sad. I just feel really hurt inside. At first, I was comfortable because it's a story about friendship between different races. But actually, this is a sad love story. Oxford books likely to be bad end. However, I like it.
2.6/18=80min
3.English came America fight Indian girl friend
4.She can stay in Jamestown - and the guns can stay here.
English said to Indian king "If you return us our guns, we return your daughter." But king thought guns are more important than his daughter.
5.In 1607, English men came to America and try to live there. They built a town called "Jamestown". Then, there were Indians, and some of them are friendly, others are not. They are afraid of guns, so they ask English to give guns but they refused. So Indian attacked English and take one man, John, to their village. Then, king's daughter, Pocahontas, see him, and she was really attracted his beautiful blue eyes. So she ask king don't kill him. During staying village, Pocahontas and John talked a lot and became good friends. After he came back to Jamestown, she often visit him. King still wanted their guns, but they refused. One day, Pocahontas said John, "I love you, so I want you as my husband." But John refused, after 2 month, she didn't visit Jamestown. While she didn't came, he was injured by gunpowder accident, so he came back to England to heal. She was told this fact by Jamestown's man and he said John might be dead, so she was really sad. After that, she married other English man and visit to England. Then, she got a letter from John. He was alive. She met him, but she already have husband, so she said him good bye. Soon after, she get ill and died.
This story is very sad. I just feel really hurt inside. At first, I was comfortable because it's a story about friendship between different races. But actually, this is a sad love story. Oxford books likely to be bad end. However, I like it.
April 29, 2015
1. level 1
2. 4/25:30min 4/28:25min 4/29:30 min
3. pocahontas,beautiful,Indian,English,gun,enemy,love
4.a)This is the story about relationship between England and Indian. The fighted a lot each other for a long time.But a girl who is from Indian wanted to get along with English people. She couldn't understand their language. But she falled in love with man who is from England. Her father was so angry because England people were enemy. At the end, she became the first woman to marry an Englishman.
b) I like the scene when pocahontas met the man long time no see who was loving by pocahontas for the first time. she was recognizing he dead. In addition she married other man. so the scene was deep and sadly.
5. It was interesting story . there were a lot of troubles and problems among the all countries many years ago. but now some countries can get along each other , other countries can't get along with yet.
I hope it will not happen any more such a thing. A lot of people will hurt. There are no good thing to compete each other.
2. 4/25:30min 4/28:25min 4/29:30 min
3. pocahontas,beautiful,Indian,English,gun,enemy,love
4.a)This is the story about relationship between England and Indian. The fighted a lot each other for a long time.But a girl who is from Indian wanted to get along with English people. She couldn't understand their language. But she falled in love with man who is from England. Her father was so angry because England people were enemy. At the end, she became the first woman to marry an Englishman.
b) I like the scene when pocahontas met the man long time no see who was loving by pocahontas for the first time. she was recognizing he dead. In addition she married other man. so the scene was deep and sadly.
5. It was interesting story . there were a lot of troubles and problems among the all countries many years ago. but now some countries can get along each other , other countries can't get along with yet.
I hope it will not happen any more such a thing. A lot of people will hurt. There are no good thing to compete each other.
July 21, 2016
1. Oxford / level1
2. 80minutes
3. young Indian girl, a brave English man, America, king, ship, love, sad
4. I like the scene that Pocahontas talks with Smith. Pocahontas asked "Why are you in my country?" or "Where do you come from?" to him, and he answered. Pocahontas is very kind woman. He said "We want to live here, and be your friends. I thought Smith's word is cute.
5. Pocahontas is Disney movie, but I have never seen the movie of it, so I want to see it. The ending of this story is sad, but I like it. I like love story and Disney. I want to read it again.
2. 80minutes
3. young Indian girl, a brave English man, America, king, ship, love, sad
4. I like the scene that Pocahontas talks with Smith. Pocahontas asked "Why are you in my country?" or "Where do you come from?" to him, and he answered. Pocahontas is very kind woman. He said "We want to live here, and be your friends. I thought Smith's word is cute.
5. Pocahontas is Disney movie, but I have never seen the movie of it, so I want to see it. The ending of this story is sad, but I like it. I like love story and Disney. I want to read it again.
October 14, 2013
60 minutes
colony mediate punishment friend love hostage England
Q:Do you think it is possible to eliminate racial discrimination in this world?
A:No because there are countries, frontiers, and cultures but it is possible to decrease the number of discrimination.
P.S.
I have a tennis tournament on Tuesday, so I will be absent your class and submit extensive listening paper after Tuesday. Please let me know where and when I can submit it to you.
colony mediate punishment friend love hostage England
Q:Do you think it is possible to eliminate racial discrimination in this world?
A:No because there are countries, frontiers, and cultures but it is possible to decrease the number of discrimination.
P.S.
I have a tennis tournament on Tuesday, so I will be absent your class and submit extensive listening paper after Tuesday. Please let me know where and when I can submit it to you.
December 18, 2013
1 Tim Vicary, Jeniffer Bassett, OXFORD, Stage1
2 80 minutes
3 Indian, Englishman, fight, love, King, corn, gun
4 What do you want to eat?
I want to eat corn soup. It is very yummy!
5 This book made me sad. I thought that Pocahontas would marry John Smith. However, that never happened. It was not happy end. Also, I can't believe her father, because getting guns was more important for him than getting his daughter back. I felt shocked. I like books which have happy end.
2 80 minutes
3 Indian, Englishman, fight, love, King, corn, gun
4 What do you want to eat?
I want to eat corn soup. It is very yummy!
5 This book made me sad. I thought that Pocahontas would marry John Smith. However, that never happened. It was not happy end. Also, I can't believe her father, because getting guns was more important for him than getting his daughter back. I felt shocked. I like books which have happy end.
March 10, 2013
i think everyone know this story but i get a knowledge from it, it's a truly love between man and woman...their situation wasn't same especially culture and tradition Nevertheless all the time, Pacahontas still love John Smith but..Looks like we made it when i will be,,,and you ))))how do you think ?))))
December 10, 2013
OXFORD level1 110min
indian/englishman/gun/america/beautiful/marry/life
Q.Have you ever been to America?
A.No, I haven't. I want to go there very much! It's good country.
This story is very famous, but I don't know about it ever.
I read this book now, I felt little sad.
It's sad romance story.
indian/englishman/gun/america/beautiful/marry/life
Q.Have you ever been to America?
A.No, I haven't. I want to go there very much! It's good country.
This story is very famous, but I don't know about it ever.
I read this book now, I felt little sad.
It's sad romance story.
January 7, 2014
Oxford 1
Time= 80 minutes
Seven word summary= beautiful, love, gun, English, India, king, life
If your lover is a king or queen, do you want to marry him or her??
= No, I don’t want to marry him because a wife of king has a lot of work to do.
This story was very easy to understand, but ending was not happy. I guessed she would marry John, but she married other man, so it was disappointed
Time= 80 minutes
Seven word summary= beautiful, love, gun, English, India, king, life
If your lover is a king or queen, do you want to marry him or her??
= No, I don’t want to marry him because a wife of king has a lot of work to do.
This story was very easy to understand, but ending was not happy. I guessed she would marry John, but she married other man, so it was disappointed
July 26, 2016
1.Oxford Level 1
2.03/10=60 minutes
3.indian girl,Englishman,white man,King,Virginia,England,love
4.a)The brave Englishman,John Smith, wanted to find a new world, and his ship sailed to America. He met Pocahontas, and they fell in love. However, their love didn't go well.
b)Love is not easy. This story told me that.
5.This story is disney story. I was very surprised when I knew that.
2.03/10=60 minutes
3.indian girl,Englishman,white man,King,Virginia,England,love
4.a)The brave Englishman,John Smith, wanted to find a new world, and his ship sailed to America. He met Pocahontas, and they fell in love. However, their love didn't go well.
b)Love is not easy. This story told me that.
5.This story is disney story. I was very surprised when I knew that.
June 21, 2016
1. Oxford / level2
2. 06/21=80min.
3. Indian, beautiful, Pocahontas, England, fight, impossible, love
4. "He lived until 1631, but he never had a
wife."
I thought that he really love Pocahontas and their love is wonderful.
5. I knew only this title, but I didn't know the story of it. I thought that I want to watch its movie!
2. 06/21=80min.
3. Indian, beautiful, Pocahontas, England, fight, impossible, love
4. "He lived until 1631, but he never had a
wife."
I thought that he really love Pocahontas and their love is wonderful.
5. I knew only this title, but I didn't know the story of it. I thought that I want to watch its movie!
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October 31, 2013very goog for me. thanks alot
January 8, 2014
Fiction.
September 2, 2015
Disney lied to me all my life
June 8, 2016
That day was the beginning of me love for you then you didn't love me you left me
The king 's daughter & Englishman
The king 's daughter & Englishman
February 25, 2021
It is a sad story. By the way, Pocahontas lived a complete life
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