02275cam a2200397 i 4500 287122950 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 061025s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006284735 9780375509322 acid-free paper 0375509321 acid-free paper 9781400066391 1400066395 TxAuBib rda Frazier, Charles, 1950- Thirteen moons / a novel by Charles Frazier. First trade ed. New York : Random House, [2006] ©2006. 422 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-422.) 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. 20170101. Orphans Fiction. Trading posts Fiction. Cherokee Indians Fiction. Indians of North America Government relations 1789-1869 Fiction. Southern States Fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-s.html Sample text