Thirteen moons
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Charles Frazier
Edition: 1st trade ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780375509322; 9781400066391
Subjects: Trading posts; Government relations; Indians of North America; Orphans; Cherokee Indians; Fiction
Description: At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians, including a Cherokee Chief named Bear, he learns how to fight and survive in the face of both nature and men, and eventually, under the Corn Tassel Moon, Will begins the fight against Washington City to preserve the Cherokee's homeland and culture. And he will come to know the truth behind his belief that only desire trumps time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-422).