Thirteen Moons

Description: Charles Frazier's new novel is based on the true story of Will Thomas, who was sent from home at the age of thirteen to run a trading post in Tennessee - uncharted territory, a place that was white space on the map. Thomas was adopted into a Cherokee tribe and became their spokesman; lobbied for them in Washington, DC as a young man, and fought with them as an older man. His is the story of nineteenth century America, and Charles Frazier is the author to tell it.

Review: "* 'A remarkable first novel, a romance of love, of friendship, of family, of land. Frazier has inhaled the spirit of the age and breathes it into the reader's being' - Erica Wagner, The Times * 'Cold Mountain is a heartbreakingly beautiful story, elegantly told and utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail' - John Berendt"

Author Biography: Charles Frazier lives in North Carolina, where this novel is set, and where he and his wife have been developing a horse farm for the last five years. He has taught in universities, written travel books and had one short story published. COLD MOUNTAIN, his first novel, is based on stories of his ancestors' experiences during the Civil War, handed down through the generations.