Huzzah for John Smith, My HERO!!!! Randy Cabell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Kukla" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Article on John Smith > Leo Lemay is a top-notch scholar. Don't know who made the article's claim > about first in a century, but Phil Barbour's work on Smith - biography and > three volumes of Smith's writings - are relatively recent, too. > > Jon Kukla >> Is this on the level, or just humbug? >> >> http://vision.stanford.edu/~birch/pocahontas.html >> >> In this article, the author is described as the FIRST historian in 100 >> years, to thoroughly investigate the story of Pocahontas saving John >> Smith. >> Huh? >> >> Can anyone provide a rebuttal on this seemingly stupid assertion? Or, is >> he >> the first to do so? >> >> Anne >> >> >> >> >> Anne Pemberton >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.erols.com/apembert >> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org >> >> > > > Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President > Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial > 1250 Red Hill Road > Brookneal, Virginia 24528 > www.redhill.org > Phone 434-376-2044 or 800-514-7463 > > Fax 434-376-2647 > > - M. Lynn Davis, Office Manager > - Karen Gorham, Associate Curator > - Edith Poindexter, Curator >