Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts, 1653
In her first book for The Royal Diaries, Patricia Clark Smith introduces the teenage Weetamoo, who will succeed her father to become chief of the Pocassets in seventeenth-century New England.It is 1654 in New England, native land of Algonquin tribes, among them the Pocasset, Wampanoag, and...
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In her first book for The Royal Diaries, Patricia Clark Smith introduces the teenage Weetamoo, who will succeed her father to become chief of the Pocassets in seventeenth-century New England.It is 1654 in New England, native land of Algonquin tribes, among them the Pocasset, Wampanoag, and Narrangansett people. The pilgrims -- called Coat-men by the Wampanoag -- have settled here in the natives' territory at Patuxit, a place that the Pilgrims have renamed Plymouth. Weetamoo's father, Corbitant, is sachem, or chief, of the Pocassets. He is mistrustful of the colonists and imparts his beliefs about them to his daughter, who is next in line to become chief. Weetamoo must learn the fundamental values and disciplines of a true Pocasset chief, but she must also be prepared for
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439129107 (0439129109)
Publish date: August 27th 2011
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
History,
Literature,
Juvenile,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
American History,
Diary
Series: The Royal Diaries