Calico Captive
by Elizabeth George Speare
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0440411564
- ISBN 13
- 9780440411567
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Random House Children's Books, 1973. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Calico Captive is Elizabeth George Speare's first historical fiction children's novel. It was inspired by the true story of Susanna Willard Johnson (1730 – 1810) who, along with her family and younger sister, were kidnapped in an Abenakis Indian raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire in August 1754. The main events in Calico Captive, which occurred on the brink of the French and Indian War, were taken from Johnson's narrative diary A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs.
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- Title
- Calico Captive
- Author
- Elizabeth George Speare
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 15
- ISBN 10
- 0440411564
- ISBN 13
- 9780440411567
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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