![]() ![]() Just north of the 'Head' their hearthstones still lie undisturbed in the field, and they themselves are buried on Maypole Point." Field did not try to tell the woman's story exactly, but used her as inspiration for her book. Historical story of Marguerite Ledoux, a bound out girl, of Colonial days. According to Margaret Lane, "The inspiration for Calico Bush probably came from the story of Marguerite La Croix, who with her husband, John Stanley, moved from Marblehead after 1767, with their many children and became the first permanent residents of Little Cranberry Island. Backgroundįield spent the 1920s summering on Sutton Island, part of Cranberry Isles, Maine. PlotĬalico Bush is set on the Maine coast in the pioneer era, and tells the story of Marguerite, a young French orphan who becomes an indentured servant on a farm. Rachel Fields Calico Bush tells of Marguerite Ledoux, a young French immigrant who has been bound out to the Sargent family following the death of her Uncle and Grandmother. Considered by some to be her best novel, it was first published in 1931 and received a Newbery Honor award. Calico Bush is a children's historical novel by Newbery-award-winning author Rachel Field. ![]()
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