Geraldine Brooks
Hardcover | Pages: 306 pages Rating: 3.82 | 58221 Users | 6227 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Caleb's Crossing |
| ISBN: | 0670021040 (ISBN13: 9780670021048) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Bethia Mayfield, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, Makepeace Mayfield, Joel Iacoomis |
| Setting: | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts,1660(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Queensland Premier's |
| Literary Awards: | Nominee for Fiction (2011), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2012), Chautauqua Prize Nominee (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2011), David J. Langum Sr. Prize Nominee for American Historical Fiction (Honorable Mention) (2011) One Book One San Diego (2013) |
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A richly imagined new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book.Once again, Geraldine Brooks 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, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure.
The narrator of Caleb's Crossing 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 Brooks'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. Evocative and utterly absorbing, Caleb's Crossing further establishes Brooks's place as one of our most acclaimed novelists.
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| Title | : | Caleb's Crossing |
| Author | : | Geraldine Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 306 pages |
| Published | : | May 3rd 2011 by Viking (first published May 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Audiobook. Book Club. Adult Fiction. Adult |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 58221 Users | 6227 ReviewsPiece Of Books Caleb's Crossing
Caleb's Crossing is a novel of opposites, the wild yet peaceful island life lived by the Mayfield family and their friends and cohorts, governed by God but ruled with love (most of the time) surrounded by the sea, fields, and the unchanged lands belonging to the Indians. Then there is the even more Puritanical world of the mainland and the city that holds the college founded by Harvard, a city of small tight streets, filth and stench and narrow people. This story is narrated by Bethia Mayfield,Based on somewhat vague historical records, and inspired by the real life of Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, a member of the Wampanoag tribe in Great Harbor (now Martha's Vineyard) Geraldine Brooks tells the story of "Caleb''s Crossing." Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College in 1665. Narrated by the fictional character of Bethia Mayfield, daughter of a minister in a Puritan New England settlement that have distanced themselves from the mainland in order
3.75 stars. I think the best part about this book is its insights into American Indian culture and spirituality. I found those aspects absolutely fascinating. The characters were well-drawn, and I feel like I know them well. Her writing is always good. Certainly there was lots of tragedy here, which may attract some readers, but not this one. The part of the main character's life in which I was most interested was skipped over almost entirely. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but it feels as
OK, I was just adding a few things to the review that I posted yesterday, and somehow I deleted the whole review (except the last two short paragraphs!!!!!) Well, it's okay, because I really loved this book, but I felt that my review wasn't strong enough, so now I have to start from scratch and rewrite the entire review. For now, I have to get back to work, so I'll be back later or tomorrow to write another review.I absolutely loved "Caleb's Crossing" and I strongly recommend this book to anyone
3.5★. . . they were clad in Adams livery, save that their fig leaf was a scrap of hide slung from a tie at their waists.. . . But it was his light temper and his easy laugh that drew me close to him, over time, until I forgot he was a half-naked, sassafras-scented heathen anointed with raccoon grease. He was, quite simply, my dearest friend.Bethia makes friends with a salvage (yes, with an L), as they are called throughout the book, and names him Caleb, while he calls her Storm Eyes. Geraldine
This story is beautifully told of reflective young Bethia, the child of a clergyman, her family and her Native American friends. Her life and decisions defined by society in the 17th century. There are so many obstacles and tragedies but she does what is required of her as a puritan after her mother dies in childbirth. She takes care of her father, brother and baby sister, a life of faith and duty. It clearly jumped into my heart and I look forward to reading the next Geraldine Brooks novel.
Rambling thoughts while listening to this book:Caleb should have stayed with his tribe.I cant stand these stiff, stuffy, uppity, judgmental, racist, bigoted, and misogynist Jesus Freaks. No one needs to be saved either. I wonder what Bill Maher will have to say tonight now that our president is in the line of fire.I could have read four Nancy Drew books in the time it took me to read this boring book.When this book is finished, I can read Music of the Swamp.Geraldine Brooks, while a beautiful
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