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A review by tammys_take
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
5.0
As with his first novel Cold Mountain, this book was a stunning portrayal and homage to the land and people in the 1800s. Frazier has a way of describing this bygone world with reverence, awe, and respect. I feel that I am transported to this time and place when I read his novels.
This story follows Will Cooper, abandoned by his blood relatives and sold to man a solitary outpost on the fringe between the known Americas and the Cherokee Nation, he is later adopted by the local Cherokee Chief, Bear. Here begins his unending loyalty to a people who called him their own, and here he falls in love with Claire, a mixed race girl with means. A coming of age story, a tribute to the Cherokee Nation, a saga about life, death and in between this novel is beautiful and melancholy.
I found myself digging into historical events and people, relearning historical events in different contexts and loved every moment.
This story follows Will Cooper, abandoned by his blood relatives and sold to man a solitary outpost on the fringe between the known Americas and the Cherokee Nation, he is later adopted by the local Cherokee Chief, Bear. Here begins his unending loyalty to a people who called him their own, and here he falls in love with Claire, a mixed race girl with means. A coming of age story, a tribute to the Cherokee Nation, a saga about life, death and in between this novel is beautiful and melancholy.
I found myself digging into historical events and people, relearning historical events in different contexts and loved every moment.