Calico Captive

图书标准信息

• 作者 Elizabeth George Speare 著；W. T. Mars 绘
• 出版社 Sandpiper
• 出版时间 2001-10
• ISBN 9780618150762
• 定价 57.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Intheyear1754,thestillnessofCharlestown,NewHampshire,isshatteredbytheterrifyingcriesofanIndianraid.YoungMiriamWillard,onadaythathadpromisednewhappiness,findsherselfinsteadacaptiveonaforesttrail,caughtupintheebbandflowoftheFrenchandIndianWar.Itisaharrowingmarchnorth.Miriamcanonlyforceherselftothenextstoppingplace,thenextsmallportionoffood,thenexticystreamtobecrossed.Attheendofthetrailwaitsalifeofhardworkand,perhaps,evenalifeofslavery.MingledwithherthoughtsofPhineasWhitney,hersweetheartonhiswaytoHarvard,isthecryingofhersister’sbaby,Captive,bornonthetrail.MiriamandhercompanionsfinallyreachMontreal,acityofshiftingloyaltiesfilledwiththeintrigueofwar,andhere,byasuddentwistoffortune,MiriammeetstheprominentDuQuesnefamily,whointroducehertoalifeshehasneverimagined.Basedonanactualnarrativediarypublishedin1807,CalicoCaptiveskillfullyreenactsanabsorbingfacetofhistory.Basedonanactualnarrativediary,writtenbyaNewHampshiregirlcapturedinanIndianraidduringtheFrenchandIndianwarandtakentoliveinMontreal.

【作者简介】

"IwasborninMelrose,Massachusetts,onNovember21,1908.IhavelivedallmylifeinNewEngland,andthoughIlovetotravelIcan'timagineevercallinganyotherplaceonearthhome.SinceIcan'trememberatimewhenIdidn'tintendtowrite,itishardtoexplainwhyItooksolonggettingaroundtoitinearnest.Buttheyearsseemedtogobyveryquickly.In1936ImarriedAldenSpeareandcametoConnecticut.NottillbothchildrenwereinjuniorhighdidIfindtimeatlasttositdownquietlywithapencilandpaper.Iturnednaturallytothethingswhichhadfilledmydaysandthoughtsandbegantowritemagazinearticlesaboutfamilyliving.ThenonedayIstumbledonatruestoryfromNewEnglandhistorywithacharacterwhoseemedtomeanidealheroine.ThoughIhadmyfirsthistoricalnovelalmostbyaccidentitsoonprovedtobeanabsorbinghobby."ElizabethGeorgeSpeare(1908-1994)wonthe1959NewberyMedalforTHEWITCHOFBLACKBIRDPOND,andthe1962NewberyMedalforTHEBRONZEBOW.ShealsoreceivedaNewberyHonorAwardin1983,andin1989shewaspresentedwiththeLauraIngallsWilderAwardforhersubstantialandenduringcontributiontochildren'sliterature.