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THIRTEEN MOONS; Beauty and Terror on Mount Ranier
by Frazier, Charles
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1570610746
- ISBN 13
- 9781570610745
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2006. Signed Limited Slipcased Edition, First Printing 1/1600 copies. Cloth and boards. New/New. SIGNED and numbered by the Author on tipped-in front endpaper; black quarter cloth with silver foil title & author on spine + small (2" x 3") repro of jacket art pasted to front cover; in a fine pictorial slipcase with large color photo of Mt. Ranier, Index. Slipcase has colored jacket image. Author's second novel after his National Book award-winning Cold Mountain (1997).<br /> <br /> 9781400066391<br /> <br /> Commencing with a 12-year old orphan's trip into mountains to live among the Cherokee, Will's epic life becomes a reunion of lost lovers and confirmation that "only desire trumps time." Based in part on the true story of Col. Wm. Thomas, who was adopted into the Cherokee tribe and later fought for the South during the Civil War.<br /> <br /> NEW! Pristine! Unread copy. No bumps or distress. No previous owner or remainder marks. Solid, clean slipcase in original shrink-wrap.
Synopsis
This magnificent novel by one of America's finest writers is the epic of one man's remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of a vanishing people and a rich way of life.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 -- for a brief moment -- a mysterious girl named Claire, and his passion and desire for her spans this novel. 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." Brilliantly imagined, written with great power and beauty by a master of American fiction, Thirteen Moons is a stunning novel about a man's passion for a woman, and how loss, longing and love can shape a man's destiny over the many moons of a life.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9936
- Title
- THIRTEEN MOONS; Beauty and Terror on Mount Ranier
- Author
- Frazier, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Slipcased Edition, First Printing 1/1600 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1570610746
- ISBN 13
- 9781570610745
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Indians, 19th century, Civil War, Confederacy, Cherokee, love story, nature, desire
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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