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1.0 out of 5 stars not as represented, January 7, 2005

By	John Sutton (virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Book is 36 sparse pages (containing many blank pages). Minature book is about 3/8 inch thick. Way overpriced. It is worth about $1.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powhatan Vocabulary, September 2, 2004

By	Laura Redish (Twin Cities, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a modern reprint of William Strachey's 1849 vocabulary of Powhatan, an unfortunately extinct Algonquian Indian language of Virginia (famously spoken by Pocahontas.) This and John Smith's vocabulary are about all we have left of the Powhatan language, and the ALR presentations of the two vocabularies are clear and valuable to anyone with a historical interest in the language.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Meant for historical linguists, February 17, 2006

By	Florentius (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

Don't buy this book expecting to learn the Powhatan language. If you do so, you're bound to be disappointed. It is not a teaching volume. Rather, it is meant as historical and linguistic preservation--an attempt to make this relic of the extinct Powhatan language available to a wider audience. It is meant mainly for academic libraries, linguistics experts, and those with a genuine interest in studying an extinct Native American language.

Another reviewer who said the book contained "36 pages" is mistaken. Though a small book, it is the largest extant word-list of the Powhatan language, containing over 1,000 words.