01706cam a2200301 4500 393582474 TxAuBib 20191002120000.0 060920s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780375509322 HC $26.95 0375509321 HC $26.95 9780375509322 (OCoLC)74270968 TxAuBib Frazier, Charles, 1950- Thirteen moons : a novel / Charles Frazier. 13 moons. 1st Trade Edition. New York : Random House, 2006. 422 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-422). 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 uncharted wilderness of the Cherokee Nation. 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 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. Adults. 20191002. Cherokee Indians Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Historical fiction, American.