TY - BOOK N2 - 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 a mysterious girl named Claire. 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. AB - 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 a mysterious girl named Claire. 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. T1 - Thirteen moons :a novel / DA - c2006. CY - New York : AU - Frazier, Charles, ET - 1st trade ed. CN - PS3556.R3599 CN - PS3556.R3599 PB - Random House, PP - New York : PY - c2006. ID - 323921 KW - Orphans KW - Trading posts KW - Cherokee Indians KW - Indians of North America SN - 9780375509322 SN - 0375509321 SN - 1400066395 SN - 9781400066391 TI - Thirteen moons :a novel / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006284735-s.html ER -