Crossing the River | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Section 1 "The Pagan Coast" Abstract

* In the American South in 1841, Edward Williams receives a letter from the American Colonization Society informing him of the Society's loss of contact with his adopted son/former slave, named Nash Williams.
* Nash has gone to Liberia as part of the Society's repatriation program and has become...
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