Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare

Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history. Language English In 1754 an Indian raid on her small New Hampshire town leaves Miriam Willard a prisoner of the Indians, forced to take part in a harrowing march north. 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. /rebates/2fCalico-Captive-Elizabeth-George-Speare2fbook2f886969&. 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. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. : Calico Captive (9780440411567) by Speare, Elizabeth George and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. 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. Johnson told from the perspective of Susannah Johnson’s younger (by ten years) sister, Miriam.

In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Calico Captive is the fictionalized version of A Narrative Of The Captivity Of Mrs.

Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare