I know that the movie "The New World" was not especially accurate regarding Capt. John Smith and the early days of Jamestown. There is a book which claims to present the salient and truthful facts about John Smith and his role before, during and after the Jamestown colony. I can't determine whether it has flaws of scholarship, but it is very readable and does seem to give good background to the colony in the days of Richard & Isabel. "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream." by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler. Pub'd 2006 by John Wiley & Sons. The dustcover credits the authors with other notable books on history, some award-winning, especially the series on "The American Family Albums," dealing with the cultures of various American ethnic and racial groups. Betty Pace