Table of Contents

Introduction Exploring the Myths * Invented Traditions * Myths and History * Ancestors and Commemoration Articulating the Myths * Lady Rebecca or the Forest Siren? * The Landing of the Forefathers * Vanishing Indians and Noble Women * Compact with Destiny Combating the Myths * Saints and Sinners * Prelude to Battle * The Pilgrims Versus Pocahontas Transforming the Myths * The Pilgrims Triumphant * The Myths Triumphant

About the Author

Ann Uhry Abrams taught art history at Pelman College, Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College and Emory University and is the author of The Valiant Hero: Benjamin West and Grand-Style History Painting.