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Caleb's Crossingby Geraldine Brooks |
Judy Stanton (12/16/11): I am a big fan of Geraldine Brooks, whom I heard
promoting this book and got hooked into yet another good read. The author is a consummate storyteller as well as a
a through researcher who brings history to life through her imagination. Brooks interestingly noted all the true
documentation of this story at its end, so that the reader understood which twists and turns in the story were actually
true to life. Caleb is the first Indian to graduate from Harvard University, in a time when it was difficult for anyone
to attend college, much less the much maligned Indians. I love the way Brooks makes it a personal story, of youngsters
growing in a relationship and learning about each other's cultures, without the judgements shared by English settlers.
An interesting history of the treatment and mistreatment and proselytization of Indians by Angle men and women.
Rating: ****
