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Caleb's Crossing: A Novel
by Geraldine Brooks
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670021040
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021048
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Viking. New York. 2011. Grey boards with author's initials in copper on front and copper lettering to spine. Fine First edition with number line ending in "1". Fine unclipped ($26.95) jacket shows minimal shelf wear and is protected with a removable mylar cover. Caleb is the youngest son of a native American chieftain who forms a bond with a young Puritan girl whose father is a minister. Set in the mid 1600's the story is a riveting account of early colonial society and its' treatment of native Americans. Signed on the title page by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. 9.25 x 6. 306 pg.
Synopsis
Unabridged, 10 CDs, 13 hours Read by TBA A richly imagined new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book .
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96
- Title
- Caleb's Crossing
- Author
- Geraldine Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0670021040
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021048
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011-05
- Pages
- 306
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- history, native american, Harvard College, Martha's Vineyard
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