The topic was not interesting.

RELEASE NOTES:

When I received the release alert for this book this morning, I got quite excited. I've been wanting to read this since I first heard about it. So, I scurried down to the Marina. The problem is, there are two laundromats at the Marina-- one at the Variety STore and one on the mega dock. I checked the one at the Variety Store (and left this book, plus picked up a yummy tuna salad sandwich.) Then I trotted over to the mega dock and found the book! I left this and this with the little stack of books there.

I am sorry the topic didn't interest you, but imagine it's right up my alley. hope you enjoy your Charleston visit. If you're in town long, dron a PM and I'll try to join you for a cuppa somewhere.

Welcome to Charleston!

Wanted to put a picture of the shelf in the journal (and also added a picture of the laundry at the megadock.)

From the Publisher

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.

I actually liked this book, despite Frazier's slow style of writing. It did take me a while to get into the story, but I remember that Cold Mountain was also slow starting, so I persevered. It also helps that I love this area of the world, so close to my beloved mountains in Rabun and Oconee Counties (Georgia and SC respectively).

This is a love story, and a history, both of which captured me. HAving said all that, it did take me a little while to sort out Featherstone and Bear...but I eventually did.

Apparently, while researching Cold Mountain, Frazier came across a reference to a 90-year-old man in an asylum in Raleigh, N.C., in the late 1800s—- a white man named William Holland Thomas, who, for days, spoke nothing but Cherokee. This became the basis for Thirteen Moons, a fiction tale based on fact. As Frazier says in the afterward, Will Cooper is not William Holland Thomas, "although they do share some DNA." But the fact is that there are certain events referenced in the book, particularly with regard to the Indians, the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, that are real and true.

I also just read an article that was about the fellow who I think was the inspiration for Feathersone, or at least for the plantation he created. I'll tuck the article into the book to share with the next reader.

I shall post this review on my livejournal and may send it off to another reader selected from there or wild release it.

Thanks again for leaving it here in Charleston and if you ever stop back through, drop a PM and maybe we can meet for a cuppa!

Holding this one to give to Kiptrix (who can't make today's meet up.)

Too k this to the meetup today, but Kiptrix wasn't able to make it. I'm bringing this home with me to keep holding for her, as I know she wasnt to read it.

RELEASE NOTES:

To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!) And if you do choose to join, I hope you'll consider using me, bookczuk, as your referring member. Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!

PS And if you find yourself liking BookCrossing, Charleston has an active group of BookCrossers who meet monthly (second Sunday of the month) at various spots in the Tri-county area. Come join us! For more information, see our yahoo group here! Be on the lookout for other books left in the "Wild"!

Well, I found this at a little table, along with bookczuk. Thanks so much for holding onto this until we could get together. My local book group will be reading this in the coming months. Looking forward to it.

11/08 I have two copies of this book, so I'll set this one free.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Placed on the shelf of the OBCZ.

have been wanting to read this book

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

left in breakroom

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

sent to another bookcrosser

Received in the mail on Saturday. Thank you for the wonderful surprise RABCK, K9stylist! I've had this on my wish list for a while. I thought Cold Mountain was beautifully written, though heartbreaking. Look forward to reading more of Frazier's work, wanting it to be a bit happier, but not really expecting it to be : )

Thank you again. This will be safe on Mt. TBR until I can get to it, which may be a while.