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| Calico Captive |
| Author(s): Speare, Elizabeth George |
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| List Price: $7.99 |
| Format: Paperback (Trade Paperback) |
| Publisher: HMH Books |
| Imprint: Clarion Books |
| ISBN: 0618150765 or 9780618150762 |
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| In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, Ne ... |
 | In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.
It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister’s baby, Captive, born on the trail.
Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history.>hr It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister’s baby, Captive, born on the trail.
Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history. |
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Other Books by this Author
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| The Bronze Bow; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Bronze Bow; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, HMH Books for Young Readers |
| The Bronze Bow; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| Bronze Bow; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, HMH Books for Young Readers |
| The Bronze Bow; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, HMH Audio |
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More Books by this Author...
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| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, Listening Library |
| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; Gale, A Cengage Company, Thorndike Press Large Print |
| The Sign of the Beaver; by Speare, Elizabeth George; Gale, A Cengage Company, Thorndike Press Large Print |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond; by Speare, Elizabeth George; Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, Listening Library (Audio) |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond; by Speare, Elizabeth George; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, HMH Books for Young Readers |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond; by Speare, Elizabeth George; HMH Books, Clarion Books |
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