A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero by Gina Capaldi

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

Gina Capaldi with Gina Capaldi (Illustrator)

32 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
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This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or Beckoning, who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy trave...

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