Jamestown: Utopia for Whom

Nice Try! by Vox Media Podcast Network

May 30, 201938:08Arts

Most people today know the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, from the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, and especially from the 1995 Disney animated film. A gripping recounting of t...

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