Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

From one of the most acclaimed writers of our time comes THIRTEEN MOONS, a brilliant novel that is at once an exciting story of adventure, a moving story of passionate love, and a portrait of America during the nineteenth century, a time of savage violence, natural beauty, and epic change.

Will Cooper's search for identity and home begins at the age of twelve, when he is given a horse, a key and a map, and sent to the edge of the Cherokee Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. With a Cherokee chief named Bear and the mysterious and beautiufl Claire Feathermore, Will finds the passionate connections and the complications of manhood that will forge his character and shape his life. As his fate becomes intertwined with the destiny of the Cherokee, Will travels to Washington City to fight against the Removal of the Indians from their land and to protect Bear's people, their culture, and way of life.

In a voice filled with insight, humour and regret, Will tells of a long life's journey, from the beautiful forests and moutains of the Nation across the South and up and down the Mississippi River, and on into the twenieth century. THIRTEEN MOONS is a novel of breathtaking power and beauty, by an American master.