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Chris Eyre will also produce the movie based on Geraldine Brooks historical novel inspired by the first Native American graduate of Harvard, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck.
Twilight actor Booboo Stewart has grabbed the lead role in Radar Pictures movie adaptation of Geraldine Brooks historical novel
Caleb s Crossing.
Stewart will play the title character Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, the first Native American graduate of Harvard University and the inspiration for Brooks novel. A member of the Wampanoag tribe near Martha s Vineyard, Caleb graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1665, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite.