Caleb's Crossing A Novel

Geraldine Brooks

eBook - 2011

A bestselling tale of passion and belief, magic and adventure from the author of The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.Bethia Mayfield is a restless and curious young woman growing up in Martha's vineyard in the 1660s amid a small band of pioneering English Puritans. At age twelve, she meets Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret bond that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's father is a Calvinist minister who seeks to convert the native Wampanoag, and Caleb becomes a prize in the contest between old ways and new, eventually becoming the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Inspired by a true story and narrated by the irresistible Bethia, Caleb’s Cros...sing brilliantly captures the triumphs and turmoil of two brave, openhearted spirits who risk everything in a search for knowledge at a time of superstition and ignorance.

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Published
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Author
Geraldine Brooks
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Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size2 GB
ISBN9781101525685
Release Date5/3/2011
Kindle Book
ISBN9781101525685
ASINB004Q7DQJA
Release Date5/3/2011
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781101525685
Release Date5/3/2011