02040cam a2200313 4500 56985306 TxAuBib 20080607120000.0 080607s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006284735 9780375509322 acid-free paper 0375509321 acid-free paper (OCoLC)74270968 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Frazier, Charles, 1950- Thirteen moons : a novel / by Charles Frazier. 1st trade ed. New York : Random House, 2006. 422 p. ; 25 cm. In Charles Frazier's follow-up to the runaway bestseller, Cold Mountain , comes the story of one man's remarkable life, spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of twelve, an orphan named Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation, the uncharted white space on the map. Will is a bound boy, obliged to run a remote Indian trading post. As he fulfills his lonesome duty, Will finds a father in Bear, a Cherokee chief, and is adopted by him and his people, developing relationships that ultimately forge Will's character. All the while, his love of Claire, the enigmatic and captivating charge of volatile and powerful Featherstone, will forever rule Will's heart. In a distinct voice filled with both humor and yearning, Will tells of a lifelong search for home, the hunger for fortune and adventure, the rebuilding of a trampled culture, and above all an enduring pursuit of passion. 20080607. Orphans Fiction. Trading posts Fiction. Cherokee Indians Fiction. Indians of North America Government relations 1789-1869 Fiction. Southern States Fiction. TXLIV