Calico Captive - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Calico Captive write by Elizabeth George Speare. This book was released on 2001-10-29. Calico Captive available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From a Newbery Medal–winning author, an “exciting novel” about a colonial girl’s experience during the French and Indian War (Saturday Review). 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. “Vital and vivid, this short novel based on the actual captivity of a pre-Revolutionary girl of Charlestown, New Hampshire, presents American history with force and verve.” —Kirkus Reviews
Indian Captive
Indian Captive - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indian Captive write by Lois Lenski. This book was released on 2011-12-27. Indian Captive available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Newbery Honor book inspired by the true story of a girl captured by a Shawnee war party in Colonial America and traded to a Seneca tribe. When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she’s sure they’ll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is kind to her. She learns to plant crops, make clay pots, and sew moccasins, just as the other members do. Slowly, Mary realizes that the Indians are not the monsters she believed them to be. When Mary is given the chance to return to her world, will she want to leave the tribe that has become her family? This Newbery Honor book is based on the true story of Mary Jemison, the pioneer known as the “White Woman of the Genesee.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
The Ransom of Mercy Carter
The Ransom of Mercy Carter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ransom of Mercy Carter write by Caroline B. Cooney. This book was released on 2011-08-09. The Ransom of Mercy Carter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it?
The Lacemaker and the Princess
The Lacemaker and the Princess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lacemaker and the Princess write by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. This book was released on 2009-09-15. The Lacemaker and the Princess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This vivid portrait of France on the eve of the Revolution is also a touching tale of two friends torn apart by class and the powerful political force of democratic freedom.
The Prospering
The Prospering - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Prospering write by Elizabeth George Speare. This book was released on 1967. The Prospering available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Youngest daughter of an 18th century New England pioneer family tells of the founding of the Stockbridge Indian mission.
