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...Charles Frazier's Thirteen Moons (Random House; 422 pages) isn't about the end of the world, just the end of a world. Frazier is something of an ambulance chaser when it comes to historical disasters--his best seller Cold Mountain was about the fall of the South in the Civil War. Thirteen Moons, Frazier's second novel, consists of the late-life recollections of one Will Cooper, an orphan who at 12 was put in charge of a remote trading post on the outskirts of the Cherokee Nation. There Will encountered two father figures--the wise, laconic chief Bear...
...life. "All I can say," he sighs, "is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that the things old men and old women know have become so useless as to be not worth passing on to grandchildren." (Absolutely true, although one wishes Frazier had held off on his sappy caveat, namely, that "desire trumps time," which smacks of a musical number by Andrew Lloyd Webber...
...Thirteen Moons" by Charles Frazier (Random House; October...
...Charles Frazier, the author of the blockbuster "Cold Mountain," hasn't published a book since 1997. That book, which became an international bestseller and a National Book Award winner, left booksellers longing for his next effort. That might account for the fact that Frazier garnered an $8 million advance, based on a one-page outline, for his second novel. No surprise, then, that his last-minute appearance and book signing at BookExpo was a sensation. His second novel is about a young white man who is adopted by members of the Cherokee nation...
Puma found success with such star athletes as Joe Namath and soccer king Pelé, who led the brand to superstardom in major arenas. Athletes such as Walt Frazier, Oscar de la Hoya, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams followed suit, and Puma further revolutionized the category with the introduction of Velcro fasteners. Not content to stay in the stadium, Puma branched out, marrying sports with fashion in 1998 with a collection of Jil Sander--designed sneakers. Lines for Christy Turlington's Nuala brand followed, as did Evisu's True Love Never Dies jeans and collaborations with Philippe Starck and Alexander McQueen...