a book i recommend

Joined : 23 May 2007 Posts : 7

hi all,i just finished a book of fiction on the removal of the cherokee indians from their home lands..the book is called "thirteen moons and is written by charles fraziuer...
at the age of 12,an orphan named will cooper is given a horse,a key and a map and is sent on a journey through the uncharted wilderness of the cherokee nation.will is a bound boy,oblidged to run a remote indian trading post.as he fulfills his lonesome duty,will finds a father in bear,a cherokee chief,and is adopted by him and his people,developing relationships that ultimately forge willss character..all the while ,his love of clair,the enigmatic and captivating charge of volatile and powerful featherstone,will forever rule wills heart..in a voicefilled with bothhumor and yearning,will tells of a lifelong search for home,the hunger for fortune and adventure,the rebuilding of a trampled culture,and above all an enduring pursuit of passion..this is a wonderful story of early america and a scholars command of the physical realities of early wilderness life and love

Subject: Re: a book i recommend Sat 10 Nov 2007, 11:52 pm

Dear Gene,

Thank you so much for recommending this book. I have been searching for a novel which would 'draw me in' for quite some time, and this selection sounds like it may be just the one. Amazon.com ... here I come Smile

You'd mentioned previously that you were reading 'Gone with the Wind.' It has been so many years since I delved into that classic; far too many. About ten years ago, though, I did make it through, 'Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell,' by Darden Asbury Pyron. After encountering those pages, I was happily surprised and very impressed with the breadth and depth of research that Margaret did in advance of writing the novel. I know there is talk that Margaret's husband, Robert Marsh, did more footwork and word-work on 'Gone with the Wind' than he was credited for -- inappropriately much for a work beneath the name of a single author -- but I really believe that this big baby was hers Smile

Make of that what you may.

Also, Margaret set her story around an Irish Catholic family in the South. Intriquing.

But most of all, 'Gone with the Wind' is a good read; one of the greatest reads. The motion picture that it birthed wasn't bad, either Smile

Have fun with that hulk of paper, Gene.

Holly
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Joined : 23 May 2007 Posts : 7

dear holly,i hope you do read this book by charles frazier..he also wrote "cold moutain" ,later made into a movie with nicole kidman..

this is my first reading of gone with the wind...its a door stop of a book allright..but its set in a period of my liking...i have gone thru 2 chapters and allready have fallen in love with scarlet...im a hopeless romantic...my annette has to share me with the old south..im convinced she would have been a fine southern belle..

im still trying to navigate this site..ole dummyhere will figure it out and make a nuisance of myself on these fun pages.

my love and respect,

Gene

Subject: Re: a book i recommend Sun 11 Nov 2007, 10:46 pm

Gene ...

Yes, I do remember the author, George Frazier, now. I did not read all of 'Cold Mountain,' and really need to go back to it. Did see the movie, which was very good (especially Rene Zellweger's performance).

I believe that the main character in 'Cold Mountain' lived with the Cherokees for a while? While some might think that the theme of a young, white man going to live -- usually temporarily -- with one of the Eastern tribes has been overplayed in our times, it really is based on a relative commonality. Here in Texas alone, we can count Sam Houston, John Neely Bryan and Alexander Cockrell (I believe) as having done so.

Oh ... and wasn't Mrs. O'Hara written to be of Lousiana Creole descent?

For my part, I have always been drawn to the 'Melanie' character. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be just like here when I grew up flower

I never was able to develop her saintly spirit, but hey .... I'm still trying Smile

But I loved Scarlett's tie to the land; to her Tara.

And I think a Texas girl can qualify as a Southern belle (albeit with a frontier flavor about her ... making her all-the-more interesting). So you go ahead and be Rhett to Annette's Scarlett, Gene. You two bring that story Margaret Mitchell left us hanging with to a happy resolution, okay?

Gene, again, I'm sorry if these all these categories make it difficult to find one's way around here rather than easing the progression. I just didn't know what to do, our Texas being so BIG and having so much to discuss. But it really doesn't matter where anything is posted. We're just happy and grateful to have access to your wisdom, writing and insights.

Thanks so much, always and ever sunny

Holly

PS. You're making me want to read 'Gone with the Wind' again. Will have to hunt down my copy tomorrow!
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: a book i recommend Sun 11 Nov 2007, 11:23 pm

PS. Gene, something I hadn't known before reading the biography of Margaret Mitchell is that the surname, 'Scarlett,' was quite widespread in Ireland during the nineteenth century. So, while the given name of Miss O'Hara certainly was symbolic of some aspects of her character, it surely also had a historical basis. And I guess folks during those times might have bestowed a family name upon a baby daughter? Gerald O'Hara, of course, could probably have done just as he pleased Wink

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves