Page started Aug. 24, 2020 An ongoing concern of mine is trying to make sense of the phenomenon whereby the book by Linwood Custalow and Angela Daniel, The True Story of Pocahontas (2007; link).continues to appear in bibliographies and source lists despite the fact that it's a mix of history and fake "sacred oral history." Another way to describe the book is pseudohistory. I don't really have enough background and information to make a decent article on this topic yet, but I thought that if I studied historical theory, I might better understand how this book fits into the mix. Additionally, I have long been interested in the topic of literary hoaxes, and since I regard True Story as a variation of that, I need a place to post quotes and information that touch on this aspect of the book. For now, this page is just a wall of sticky notes on both of these topics. |