Caleb's Crossing: A Novel
This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
From Amazon.com:
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 Crossing 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.
This book is heading out to MsJoanna. Happy birthday!
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 Crossing 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.
This book is heading out to MsJoanna. Happy birthday!
I've had this for a while, but forgot until now to make a journal entry. Sorry for the delay.
I read this back in 2015, but don't seem to have journaled it. Here's what I said on Goodreads at the time...
A wonderful history of Martha's Vineyard native who makes his way to Harvard and back. I wanted to read this over the summer when I was heading to Martha's Vineyard, but didn't quite get to it then. I loved the lead female character here--Bethia should perhaps have merited title character status as the book was as much her story as Caleb's. Brooks is an impressive writer and handles passages in the style of the time as deftly as she does inner monologue of people of the time. I don't love all of her work, but always admire the writing. Highly recommended to readers of any type of historical fiction.
A wonderful history of Martha's Vineyard native who makes his way to Harvard and back. I wanted to read this over the summer when I was heading to Martha's Vineyard, but didn't quite get to it then. I loved the lead female character here--Bethia should perhaps have merited title character status as the book was as much her story as Caleb's. Brooks is an impressive writer and handles passages in the style of the time as deftly as she does inner monologue of people of the time. I don't love all of her work, but always admire the writing. Highly recommended to readers of any type of historical fiction.
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