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'In 1665, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck was the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Here, Pulitzer Prize winner Brooks imagines that Caleb was befriended by Bethia Mayfield, whose minister father wants to convert the neighboring Wampanoag and makes educating Caleb one of his goals. Bethia, herself desperate for book learning, ends up as an indentured servant in Cambridge, watching Caleb bridge two cultures.'

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Sighted: 10/01/2011

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Bizuayehu who also made a crossing.

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    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2011 .
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      Extent: 369p.
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      ISBN: 9780732289232 (pbk. : B format), 9780732289225 (pbk. : C format)
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 369p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 9780007333530 (hbk. : C format), 9780732289225 (pbk. : C format)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Viking ,       2011 .
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      Extent: ix, 306p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 9780670021048
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 369p.
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      • Publication date: 1 May 2012.
      ISBN: 9780732289232
Alternative title: L'isola dei due mondi
Language: Italian
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— Appears in: Australian Author , March vol. 44 no. 1 2012; (p. 22-25) 'Geraldine Brooks forged a distinguished career as a foreign correspondent before switching to write historical fiction. her novels have been internationally acclaimed and earned her a Pulitzer Prize.' (p. 22)
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— Review of Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography Julian Assange , 2011 single work autobiography ; Autumn Laing Alex Miller , 2011 single work novel ; Caleb's Crossing : A Novel Geraldine Brooks , 2011 single work novel
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 2012; (p. 8-9)
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Digging into the Past Bron Sibree , 2011 single work review
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 2011; (p. 21)
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Crossing Over Portia Lindsay (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
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Geraldine Brooks Stephany Steggall , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , March vol. 44 no. 1 2012; (p. 22-25) 'Geraldine Brooks forged a distinguished career as a foreign correspondent before switching to write historical fiction. her novels have been internationally acclaimed and earned her a Pulitzer Prize.' (p. 22)
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