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{{Short description|Book by William T. Vollmann}}
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| name         = Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
| title_orig   =
| translator   =
| image        = File:Argall.jpg
| caption      = First edition
| author       = [[William T. Vollmann]]
| illustrator  =
| cover_artist = [[Theodor de Bry]], ''The Abduction of Pocahontas by Captain Argall'', 1655<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=23857&formatNumber=AJ-119-0039 The Abduction of Pocahontas by Captain Argall, WHi-23857]</ref>
| country      = Author: United States
| language     = English
| series       = [[Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes]]
| genre        = Historical novel
| publisher    = [[Viking Press]]
| english_release_date =
| release_date = 2001-09-27
| media_type   = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages        = 736 pp
| isbn         = 0-670-91030-9
| dewey= 813/.54 21
| congress= PS3572.O395 A83 2001
| oclc= 45951560
| preceded_by  = [[Fathers and Crows]]
| followed_by  = [[The Rifles (novel)|The Rifles]]
}}
'''''Argall''''' is a historical novel by American writer [[William T. Vollmann]], which was first published in 2001. It is the third book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled [[Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes]]. (As of 2020, five of the seven books have been published.)
''Argall'' is a retelling of the founding of the [[Jamestown Colony]] and the legend of [[Pocahontas]] and [[John Smith (explorer)|Captain John Smith]].  The novel is primarily written in flowery Elizabethan language, which was met with mixed critical reception; ''[[The New York Times]]'' found the language "endlessly distracting and often silly",<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Jay
| last = Parini
| title =  Pocahontas Loves John Smith?
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/books/pocahontas-loves-john-smith.html?pagewanted=2
| work = [[The New York Times]]
| date = 2007-09-30
| access-date = 2007-05-22
}}</ref> whereas the [[San Francisco Chronicle]] found the narrative "informative and even delightful".<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Brad
| last = Vice
| title =  Taking the Disney out of Pocahontas
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/12/30/RV35786.DTL
| work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]]
| date = 2001-12-30
| access-date = 2007-05-22
}}</ref>
The titular (but by no means central) character is [[Samuel Argall]]. He did not appear in Disney's [[Pocahontas (1995 film)|1995 animated film]] or its [[Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World|1998 direct-to-video sequel]], but was played by [[Yorick van Wageningen]] in [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]'' (2005).
==References==
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