An edition of Calico Captive (1957)

Calico Captive

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Calico Captive
Elizabeth George Speare
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An edition of Calico Captive (1957)

Calico Captive

  • 4.25 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 24 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

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.

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Cover of: Calico Captive
Calico Captive
October 29, 2001, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Calico Captive
Calico Captive
October 2001, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Unknown Binding in English
Cover of: Calico Captive
Calico Captive
October 29, 2001, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Calico Captive
Calico Captive
1989, Dell Pub.
in English

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First Sentence

"PHINEAS WHITNEY was the last guest to leave the party."

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Unknown Binding
Dimensions
8 x 5.3 x 1 inches
Weight
13.8 ounces

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OL9403878M
ISBN 10
0606221816
ISBN 13
9780606221818
Library Thing
6830
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1206176

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