Geraldine Brooks, Author

“One Book”

Caleb’s Crossing

Additional readings and information

focused on the early history of America

Thank you to “Read Across Rhode Island”

for their bibliography contributions

Anthony Russo

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Books by Geraldine Brooks Fiction March From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the

character of the absent father, March, as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause

in the Civil War.

People of the Book A thrilling fictionalization that traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo

Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth century

Spain, to the hands of Hanna Heath, an impassioned rare-book expert restoring the

manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo.

Year of Wonders When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, we follow

the story of the fateful year of 1666 as villagers confront the spread of disease and

superstition.

Nonfiction Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal’s Journey from Down Under to All Over As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Brooks longed to

discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals

from the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks embarked on a

human treasure hunt to fine her pen friends.

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamid Women The story of Brooks’ intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the

veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their

lives.

Web Resources: “Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration & Settlement"

American Journeys: http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp Caleb's Crossing and Geraldine Brooks site: http://geraldinebrooks.com/the- books/calebs-crossing/ "Divining America: Religion in American History" National Humanities Center: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/divam.htm Harvard in the 17th & 18th Centuries: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/h1718/ "In Caleb's Footsteps." Martha's Vineyard Magazine by Tiffany Smalley: http://www.mvmagazine.com/article.php?29669.

Tiffany Smalley, the first Wampanoag to graduate from Harvard since Caleb & Joel,

talks about her Harvard experience.

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"John Harvard's Journal: Commencement 1997." Harvard Magazine: http://harvardmagazine.com/1997/07/jhj.caleb.html Harvard memorializes its first Native American graduates including Caleb

Cheeshahteaumuck and Joes Iacoomes.

Martha's Vineyard by Henry Franklin Norton: http://history.vineyard.net/hfnorton/history.htm

Martha's Vineyard Museum's "Vineyard History Map Project": http://mvhistorymap.org/studentgallery/9-12/3

Plimoth Plantation Museum: http://www.plimoth.com One Book One Region: http://onebookoneregion.org "Religion and the Founding of the American Republic" Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/ “Wampanoag Glossary” The Boston Children's Museum:

http://www.bostonkids.org/educators/wampanoag/html/glossary.htm Wampanaak Language Reclamation Project Site: http://wlrp.org Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Site: http://www.wampanoagtribe.net

E Books available from Project Gutenberg: http://gutenberg.org

Bradford, William. Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' The most important and influential source of information about Plymouth, this

landmark account was written by the colony's governor. It vividly documents the

Pilgrims' first stop in Holland, their harrowing transatlantic crossing, the first harsh

winter in the new land, and the help from Native Americans that saved their lives.

Bradford, William & Edward Winslow. Mourt’s Relation: A journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Originally printed in 1622, this is the first published account of the coming of the

Pilgrims to the New World to settle Plymouth Plantation.

Campbell, Helen. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Cooper, James Fenimore (September 15, 1789 – September 14,

1851). Last of the Mohegans Tells the tale of Natty Bumppo, a frontier scout, and a Mohican warrior who escort two

sisters through the wilderness to Fort William Henry during the French and Indian

War.

Nonfiction Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Colonists for sale: The story of indentured

servants in America

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Examines the origin, working conditions, and eventual fate of indentured servants in

America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Berkin, Carol. First generations: women in colonial America Indian, European and African women of seventeenth and eighteenth-century America

shaped American culture and history.

Brandon, Ruth. Governess: the lives and times of the real Jane Eyres The rise and fall of the English governess, the domestic heroine who inspired Victorian

literature’s greatest authors.

Bourne, Russell. The Red King’s rebellion: racial politics in New England, 1675-1678

A balanced view of King Phillip’s War, a conflict between New England Indians and

English settlers.

Cope, Amy. People of the First Light Story of five Wampanoags as their world shatters around them. When the Europeans

arrive on the shores of Massachusetts in the early seventeenth century, memories of

past visits are brought to the surface and no one wants these intruders to land.

Dresser, Thomas. Wampanoag Tribe of Martha's Vineyard: Colonization to Recognition Thomas Dresser captures the spirit of the tribe, tracing its survival through to

recognition by the federal government in 1987, nearly 25 years ago.

Hall, David D. A reforming people: Puritanism and the transformation of public life in New England by A revelatory account of the aspirations and accomplishments of the people who

founded the New England colonies, comparing the reforms they enacted with those

attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution.

Hauptman, Lawrence M. & James D. Wherry. The Pequots in southern New England: The fall and rise of an American Indian Nation

Jennings, Francis. The invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism and the Cant of Conquest.

Lange, Karen E. 1607: A new look at Jamestown Compelling new theories, a National Geographic period map, and stunning

reenactment photography take us back to Jamestown in 1607, where the course of our

country's history changed forever.

Lepore, Jill. The name of war: King Philips war and the origins of American identity King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war--colonists against Indians--that

erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in

American history. Some even argued that the massacres and outrages on both sides

were too horrific to "deserve the name of a war."

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Mancall, Peter C. American encounters: natives and newcomers from European contact to Indian removal, 1500-1850 Essays on the Native American experience from European contact through the

Removal Era including gender relations, slavery and captivity, and the effects of

Christianity on the course of native history.

Mandell, Daniel R. King Philip's War, The conflict over New England Describes the war between the Native Americans and the New England colonists that

took place from 1675 to 1676, discussing the events that led to it, what happened

during it, and its results for both groups.

Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower: a story of courage, community, and war The startling story of the Plymouth Colony--from the flight to religious freedom to

the war that ravaged New England.

Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian country: a Native history of early America

Focusing on the period between the 15th and 18th centuries, the author shows that

Native American communities adapted to the many stresses introduced by the arrival

of the Europeans and were active participants in creating a new way of life on the

continent.

Weinstein-Farson, Laura. The Wampanoag Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Wampanoag

Indians.

Biographies Anne Bradstreet: the tenth muse, by Elizabeth Wade White. Anne Hutchinson by Louise Chipley Slavicek (Young Adult).

Introduces the life of Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan woman who faced persecution in

sixteenth-century Massachusetts because of her efforts to express her religious beliefs

freely.

Anne Hutchinson, Puritan Protester by Darlene R. Stille (Young Adult). American Jezebel: the uncommon life of Anne Hutchinson by Eve

LaPlante LaPlante, an 11th-generation granddaughter of Hutchinson, provides a fast-paced

and elegant account of Hutchinson's life and work, including the reasons that

Hutchinson's teachings threatened the fabric of Puritan theology.

King Philip: Indian leader by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Elementary) Recounts the story of the Wampanoag Indian leader who led an uprising against the

New England colonists.

King Philip and the war with the Colonists by Robert Cwiklik (Elementary) Examines the life and fortunes of the Wampanoag Indian leader who led an uprising

against the New England colonists in the seventeenth century.

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Mistress Bradstreet: The untold life of America's First Poet by Charlotte Gordon.

Squanto by Feenie Ziner (Young Adult) A biography of the Wampanoag Indian who, after living in England and Spain,

returned to New England in 1619 and befriended the Pilgrims when they settled in

Plymouth.

Fiction Avant, Joan Tavares. People of the first light

Joan Tavares Avant, an elder Wampanoag, has chronicled the history with an

emphasis on tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

Gunning, Sally. Bound Held by the terms of her indentured servitude all her life, Alice Cole finds herself torn

between her new master and a life-long friend, a situation that forces her to run away

to Boston, where she learns a new trade at the side of compassionate friends.

Gunning, Sally. The rebellion of Jane Clarke On the eve of the Revolutionary War, a young woman is caught between tradition

and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love.

Gunning, Sally. The widow's war Married for twenty years to Edward Berry, Lyddie is used to the trials of being a

whaler's wife in the Cape Cod village of Satucket, Massachusetts.

Hopkins, John. The pirate Prince of Carlomagno Sold into slavery in the West Indies, a young Native American boy from the

Wampanoag tribe yearns for freedom and a chance to return to his beloved New

England home.

Howe, Katherine. The physic book of Deliverance Dane The story travels seamlessly between the witch trials in the 1690s and a modern

woman’s story of mystery and discovery.

Kent, Kathleen. The heretic’s daughter The story of Martha’s courageous defiance during the hysteria surrounding the witch

trials and her ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

Kent, Kathleen. The wolves of Andover In coastal Massachusetts in 1673, wolves still lurked in the shadows, and farmers

toiled to keep the forest at bay. Martha Allen is sent to such a farm to help her cousin.

Mills, Daniel. Revenants: A dream of New England by The year is 1689. Situated on the northern boundary of the Massachusetts Bay

colony, the town of Cold Marsh is a place of secrets, a village characterized by

repression and guilt. Two of the town's young women have vanished and the country

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seethes with rumors of witchcraft and devilry. Even their God has abandoned them.

When a third young woman disappears, the men of the village determine to leave the

safety of the village and enter the other world of the woods in search of her.

Morrison, Toni. A mercy In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent

religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile

soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root.

Parker, Michael. Watery part of the world In this fiction based on historical fact, Parker weaves a tale of adventure and longing

as he charts one hundred and fifty years in the life and death of an island and its

inhabitants— the descendants of Theodosia Burr Alston and those of the freed man

whose family would be forever tethered to hers.

Pattison, Eliot. Bone rattler: a mystery of colonial America Perilous encounters on both sides of the French and Indian War lead to an intricate

plot a masterful evocation of the time, including sensitive depictions of the effects of

the European war on Native Americans.

Seton, Anya. The Winthrop Woman Elizabeth Fones, a niece of John Winthrop, a Puritan founder and governor of

Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is both sensual and intelligent and has a brief

encounter with Anne Hutchinson.

Settle, Mary Lee. I, Roger Williams Roger Williams was the most compelling figure in colonial America. Plucked from

obscurity to clerk for the celebrated English jurist Sir Edward Coke, Williams had a

ringside seat on the brutal politics of Jacobean London.

Intermediate to Young Adult Nonfiction Bjornlund, Lydia. Women of Colonial America

Lydia Bjornlund examines the role of colonial women in the home, the workplace, and

as slaves and servants, and discusses the part they played as activists and as leaders

of the church and the community.

Coddon, Karin S. Colonial America The diversity of life in the original thirteen colonies is revealed in primary documents

from the period.

DeKeyser, Stacey. The Wampanoag Describes the history, traditions, and beliefs of the Wampanoag, who were one of the

first native peoples to encounter the Pilgrims during the seventeenth century.

Nardo, Don. Daily life in Colonial America

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Presents an introduction to life in colonial America, discussing family and home

life, occupations, education, recreation, medicine, and laws. Studelska, Jana Voekle. Women of Colonial America

Describes what daily life was like in colonial America for women in the home, in the

workplace, and as slaves and servants.

Fiction Collins, Pat Lowery. Daughter of winter

In the mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilding town of Essex, Massachusetts, twelve-

year-old Addie learns a startling secret about her past when she escapes servitude by

running away to live in the snowy woods and meets an elderly Wampanoag woman.

Clapp, Patricia. Constance: a story of early Plymouth The journal of a young girl tells of her daily life, hardships, romances and marriage

during the first years of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth.

Dorris, Michael. Guests Moss and Trouble, an Algonquin boy and girl, struggle with the problems of growing

up in the Massachusetts area during the time of the first Thanksgiving.

Fleischman, Paul. Saturnalia Apprenticed to a printer in 1681 Boston, young Weetasket, renamed William, yearns

to return to his Indian tribe and the companionship and love of his twin brother,

Cancasset.

Forrester, Sandra. Wheel of the moon by In England, 1627, newly orphaned Pen Downing leaves her country village for

London, where she is abducted and sent to Virginia to work as an indentured servant.

Jacobs, Paul Samuel. James Printer: a novel of rebellion Learning bookmaking in his father's print shop in 1674, young Bartholomew Green

is placed under the tutelage of James, a Nipmuck Indian and skilled printer, and

James must choose sides when war erupts between the Boston settlers and the local

tribes.

Koller, Jackie. The primrose way A recent arrival to the New World in 1633, sixteen-year-old Rebekah, a missionary's

daughter, befriends a Native American woman and begins to question whether these

"savages" need saving after all.

McDonald, Megan. Shadows in the glasshouse While working as an indentured servant for a Jamestown glassmaker in 1621,

twelve-year-old Merry uncovers a case of sabotage.

Poetry Adler, David A. Remember Betsy Floss: and other colonial American riddles

How did Betsy Ross like her work? Sew, sew.'' This is one of the 60 riddles in Adler's

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new book. The humor revolves around Colonial America, the Revolutionary War, and

well-known persons of that time.

Hensley Jeannine, editor. The Works of Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the

American colonies.

Spotted Crow Mann, Larry. Tales from the Whispering Basket Short stories and poetry by Nipmuc Tribal member, Larry Spotted Crow Mann.

DVDs

American Experience: we shall remain, Episode 1 "After the Mayflower" (PBS). Before 1776: Life in the American colonies. Colonization of North America. The Last of the Mohegans

BBC adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper novel, this eight-part series set amidst

the French and Indian War follows the story of frontier scout Hawkeye and his efforts

to lead the two daughters of a British commander to safety.

U.S. History form 1620-1809: Birth of a new nation. We still live here by Anne Makepeace

The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts revives their native tongue, a

language that was silenced for more than 100 years.

Young Readers Arquette, Mary F. The children of the morning light: Wampanoag Tales as

told by Manitonquat A collection of traditional stories that describe the creation of the world and the early

history of the Wampanoag Indians in southeastern Massachusetts.

Gray-Kanatiiosh, Barbara A. Wampanoag An introduction to the history, social structure, customs, and present life of the

Wampanoag Indians.

Harness, Cheryl. Our colonial year In free-verse compositions, harness focuses on children’s chores and pastimes.

Levy, Janey. The Wampanoag of Massachusetts and Rhode Island After surviving many hardships and conflicts, communities of Wampanoag peoples

still inhabit the lands of their ancient ancestors.

Medicine Story. The Children of the Morning Light: Wampanoag tales A collection of eleven tales that explore the cultural traditions and history of the

Wampanoag.

Samuel, Charlie. Medicine in colonial America

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Learn about Native American medicine and medicine in colonial times.

Sateren, Shelley Swanson. Going to school in colonial America Discusses the school life of children who lived in the 13 colonies, including lessons,

books, teachers, examinations, and special days.

Sewell, Marcia. People of the breaking day Waters, Kate. Samuel Eaton’s day: a day in the life of a Pilgrim boy.

A poetic evocation of the lifestyle and traditional beliefs of the Wampanoag Indians.

Told from the point of view of a seven year old Pilgrim boy, this photo-essay chronicles

his first day doing a man’s work, harvesting rye.

Waters, Kate. Tapenum’s day: a Wampanoag Indian boy in pilgrim times. By following a boy through his day, readers learn how the Wampanoag Indians lived

in the 1600s.

Scholarly Works & Librarian’s Reference Burton, J. (John). Lectures on female education and manners Jaskoski, Helen, editor. Early Native American Writing: New Critical Essays

(Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) A collection of critical essays discussing the works of American Indian authors who

wrote between 1630 and 1940 and produced some of the earliest literature in North

American history.

Phelps, Mrs. Lincoln. The female student: or, lectures to young ladies on female education.

Reed Digital Collections –“Indian Converts Bibliography”: http://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/indianconverts/bibliography.php

Rosenmeier, Rosamond. Anne Bradstreet, Revisited Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Anne

Bradstreet.

Szasz, Margaret Connell. Indian Education in the American Colonies, 1607-1787 Armed with Bible and primer, missionaries and teachers in colonial America sought,

in their words, “to Christianize and civilize the native heathen.” Both the attempts to

transform Indians via schooling and the Indians' reaction to such efforts are closely

studied for the first time in Indian Education in the American Colonies, 1607–1783.

William Apess Bibliography – “Washington State University's Donna Campbell, Associate Professor”: http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/apessbib.htm

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A vindication of the rights of woman Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

in 1792. Her radical prescription was for girls to be educated alongside boys and to

the same standard.

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