In 1665, a young man from Martha\'s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College.
Inspired by a true story and narrated by the irresistible Bethia, Caleb\'s Crossing 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..
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.
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 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.
A bestselling tale of passion and belief, magic and adventure from the author of The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure.
In 1665, a young man from Martha\'s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College
