“John Smith and Pocahontas have been subject of lots and lots of artistic license,” Price said. In reality, Pocahontas married another Jamestown settler, John Rolf. Price said the image could have a three-word caption: This never happened. He showed the freshman an image from the Disney film Pocahontas of a romantic moment between Pocahontas and John Smith, a prominent figure at Jamestown. During the lecture, Price talked about the Virginia Company, the London-based company that founded the Jamestown settlement in the early 1600s, and about liberties that have been taken with the Pocahontas story. Norfolk, Va.: published by the Concessionaire, The Jamestown Amusement & Vending Co., In. (1907) Pocahontas at the court of King James / Richard Rummels American Colortype Co., N.Y. He told the freshmen that he was “happy to hear was the first assignment for the freshman class” and that its selection was “very meaningful” for him. Price met with the first-years on Friday, September 21, at Sydnor Performance Hall. “While on common ground, students have an opportunity to provide different perspective and insights about the book.” Sally Selden, the University’s provost, said. “A common reading provides students and faculty a shared experience, a platform for intellectual engagement and dialogue, and an opportunity to build community,” Dr. Past selections have included All Quiet on the Western Front, Fahrenheit 451, The Fault in Our Stars, A Lesson Before Dying, and others.
The Common Reading Experience is a tradition at University of Lynchburg.
“It reminds us that the social constructions of race, class, and gender have been with us since the founding, and moreover, that such constructions are not static, but subject to change, and that we are all shaped by this history, a history born in our own backyard.” Chip Walton, dean of the Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences, said. “This book presents our students with a great opportunity to wrestle with some of the fundamental contradictions that inform the American experience,” Dr. Price’s book was the Common Reading Experience for Lynchburg’s Class of 2022. Historical nonfiction author David Price was on campus last week speaking with first-year seminar students about his 2003 book, Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation.
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