The Resource Caleb's crossing, Geraldine Brooks
Caleb's crossing, Geraldine Brooks
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- Summary
- Growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans, Bethia Mayfield yearns for an education that is closed to her due to her gender. As soon as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observes its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 539 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410437341
- Label
- Caleb's crossing
- Title
- Caleb's crossing
- Statement of responsibility
- Geraldine Brooks
- Title variation
- Calebs crossing
- Subject
-
- trueBiographical fiction
- Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, approximately 1646-1666 -- Fiction
- trueCheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, ca. 1646-1666
- trueClergymen's families
- trueCollege students
- trueFriendship
- trueHarvard University
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueHousekeepers
- Indian scholars -- United States -- Fiction
- trueIndians of North America
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMartha's Vineyard, Massachusetts -- History
- trueShamans
- trueSpirituality, Amish
- trueWampanoag Indians
- Wampanoag Indians -- Massachusetts | Martha's Vineyard -- Fiction
- Indian college graduates -- Fiction
- true1660s -- 1660 -- 1669
- true17th century -- 1601 -- 1700
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans, Bethia Mayfield yearns for an education that is closed to her due to her gender. As soon as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observes its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other
- Summary
- Forging a deep friendship with a Wampanoag chieftain's son on the Great Harbor settlement where her minister father is working to convert the tribe, Bethia follows his subsequent ivy league education and efforts to bridge cultures among the colonial elite
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2011.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 381976
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brooks, Geraldine
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.3.B7153
- LC item number
- C36 2011b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print core
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb
- Wampanoag Indians
- Indian college graduates
- Indian scholars
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Caleb's crossing, Geraldine Brooks
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19060979
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 539 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410437341
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011007129
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn701013261
- (OCoLC)701013261
- Label
- Caleb's crossing, Geraldine Brooks
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19060979
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 539 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410437341
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011007129
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn701013261
- (OCoLC)701013261
Subject
- trueBiographical fiction
- Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, approximately 1646-1666 -- Fiction
- trueCheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, ca. 1646-1666
- trueClergymen's families
- trueCollege students
- trueFriendship
- trueHarvard University
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueHousekeepers
- Indian scholars -- United States -- Fiction
- trueIndians of North America
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMartha's Vineyard, Massachusetts -- History
- trueShamans
- trueSpirituality, Amish
- trueWampanoag Indians
- Wampanoag Indians -- Massachusetts | Martha's Vineyard -- Fiction
- Indian college graduates -- Fiction
- true1660s -- 1660 -- 1669
- true17th century -- 1601 -- 1700
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
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