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Caleb's Crossing: A Novel

Caleb's Crossing: A Novel

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By Geraldine Brooks

Bethia Mayfield is a restless and curious young woman growing up on Martha's Vineyard in the 1660s amid a small band of pioneering English settlers. At 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.

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages

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