"In this small book on the Indian Princess Pocahontas I have gathered, from scattered and fragmentary sources of authentic information on their life, those incidents which I feel to be the most significant in a story that is unique, and which I hope may be of interest to all who read its pages. Had she done no more than save the life of Captain John Smith, she would have won a place among the great; but this was only one of a number of deeds which...

"He fought and beheaded three Turkish commanders in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates--twice--and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was 30 years old. This is Captain John Smith's life. Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas and how she saved John Smith. And were it not for Smith's leadership,...

In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadership of Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The Jamestown colony is one of the great survival stories of American history, and...