Thirteen Moons

A Novel

By: Charles Frazier

Narrated by: Will Patton

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.©2006 3 Crows Corporation; (P)2006 Random House, Inc.

Average read

The story was slow and choppy. I did not find it as engaging as I would expect from Frazier. It seemed like characters were just dropped. Some parts seemed very unlikely. Loved Cold Mountain but this did not compare.

Great performance!

I will listen to ANYTHING Will Patton performs! A true actor on page.
The book was so charming and sad too.

Dry. Very dry.

Narration is good. There is no excitement in the story. Very dry, step by step historical storytelling. Take some No- Dose. Again the voice was good.

Mediocre

While I’ll have to admit I’m not familiar with this author (except for Cold Mountain as depicted in the movie), I found this to be slightly slow and anti-climactic. I’m pretty sure had it not been for Will Payton’s excellent story-telling abilities I’d have abandoned the book before the half-way point.

A River of a Story

There's no actual river featured in this story; the story itself flows just like that - medium narrow mostly smooth. The writing is a steady stream of reflective and beautiful. The narration is fittingly soft, hushed, and gravelly.