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Many of the characters are known from colonial records: John Smith and Pocahontas (the site of her famous rescue of Smith has recently been discovered); the shrewd Powhatan, father of Pocahontas and ruler of 15,000 Indians; Temperance and George Yardley, a couple separated by a shipwreck and reunited with unforeseen results; and others who made the perilous voyage to Virginia. There a determined company of settlers struggled to survive in an unfamiliar land. 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They must never be separated or inverted. Dr. Rockwell gives us a brilliant guide to help accomplish this delicate balance. -Jerry Cook, author of the national bestseller, Love, Acceptance and Forgiveness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this study of leadership, Sam Rockwell has given us hope for our own narratives and has given us a proven way to catalyze authenticity in others by being real as described in these pages. 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