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- 2010051207 abstract "Once again, the author takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, she has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of the story is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless and curious, she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex. As often as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a tentative secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's minister father tries to convert the Wampanoag, awakening the wrath of the tribe's shaman, against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. One of his projects becomes the education of Caleb, and a year later, Caleb is in Cambridge, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite. There, Bethia finds herself reluctantly indentured as a housekeeper and can closely observe Caleb's crossing of cultures. Like the author's beloved narrator Anna, in Year of Wonders, Bethia proves an emotionally irresistible guide to the wilds of Martha's Vineyard and the intimate spaces of the human heart.".
- 2010051207 contributor B11798121.
- 2010051207 created "2011.".
- 2010051207 date "2011".
- 2010051207 date "2011.".
- 2010051207 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
- 2010051207 description "Once again, the author takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, she has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of the story is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless and curious, she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex. As often as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a tentative secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's minister father tries to convert the Wampanoag, awakening the wrath of the tribe's shaman, against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. One of his projects becomes the education of Caleb, and a year later, Caleb is in Cambridge, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite. There, Bethia finds herself reluctantly indentured as a housekeeper and can closely observe Caleb's crossing of cultures. Like the author's beloved narrator Anna, in Year of Wonders, Bethia proves an emotionally irresistible guide to the wilds of Martha's Vineyard and the intimate spaces of the human heart.".
- 2010051207 extent "ix, 306 p. :".
- 2010051207 identifier "0670021040".
- 2010051207 identifier "9780670021048".
- 2010051207 identifier 2010051207-b.html.
- 2010051207 identifier 2010051207-d.html.
- 2010051207 issued "2011".
- 2010051207 issued "2011.".
- 2010051207 language "eng".
- 2010051207 publisher "New York : Viking,".
- 2010051207 spatial "Massachusetts Martha's Vineyard".
- 2010051207 spatial "United States".
- 2010051207 subject "823/.914 22".
- 2010051207 subject "Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, approximately 1646-1666 Fiction.".
- 2010051207 subject "Indian college graduates Fiction.".
- 2010051207 subject "Indian scholars United States Fiction.".
- 2010051207 subject "PR9619.3.B7153 C36 2011".
- 2010051207 subject "Wampanoag Indians Massachusetts Martha's Vineyard Fiction.".
- 2010051207 title "Caleb's crossing / Geraldine Brooks.".
- 2010051207 type "Biographical fiction. gsafd".
- 2010051207 type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- 2010051207 type "text".