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ISBN10: 015603171X
ISBN13: 9780156031714
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: May 5 2008
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.82
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.20 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780156031714
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: May 5 2008
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.82
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.20 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
A group of settlers (more like survivors) arrive in Virginia from the ravished island of Manhattan, intending to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. But nothing goes quite as planned (one settler, for instance, keeps losing body parts). At the heart of the story is Pocahontas, who speaks Valley Girl, Ebonics, Old English, and Algonquin--sometimes all in the same sentence. And she pursues a heated romance with settler Johnny Rolfe via text messaging, instant messaging, and, ultimately, telepathy. Deadly serious and seriously funny, Matthew Sharpe's fictional retelling of one of America's original myths is a history of violence, a cross-cultural love story, and a tragicomic commentary on America's past and present.
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