Caleb's Crossing: A Novel

Caleb's Crossing: A Novel

<b>A bestselling tale of passion and belief, magic and adventure from the author of <i>The Secret Chord </i>and of <i>March, </i>winner of the Pulitzer Prize.<br><br></b>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, <i>Caleb’s Crossing</i> 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.