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Article: Thirteen Moons.(Book review)
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- November 1, 2006
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*** Thirteen Moons By Charles Frazier
One man's 19th-century odyssey.
As he sits on his porch and observes signs of progress all around him, the aging Will Cooper reflects back on nearly nine decades of an event-filled life in the Great Smoky Mountains and environs. As a child before the Civil War, he becomes a runner for a trading post on the edge of the Cherokee Nation. Soon, a powerful tribal leader adopts him and the white Will meets the love of his life, Claire. He suffers with the tribe through the Trail of Tears; becomes a white Indian chief, lawyer, prosperous merchant, and state senator; fights Andrew Jackson's repressive Indian policies; and ...
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