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    Sharey 07-13-17
    Sharey 07-13-17 Member Since 2015
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    "Loved Nightwoods Better"

    Don't get me wrong, the writing and narration were also excellent, but I didn't fall into a swoon over it like I did Nightwoods, which I just finished. Nightwoods was just more captivating than this one. I've seen Cold Mountain several times but never read it. I'm looking forward to listening to that next. I love these stories and the way they're written.

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    W. Glencoe UT USA 07-08-17
    W. Glencoe UT USA 07-08-17 Member Since 2016
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    "Poetic"

    Beautifully written, romantic, melancholy--like life. I loved every word of this book. The narration was the best I've ever heard. I don't give this praise lightly.

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    the6trimbles Paintsville, KY 05-08-17
    the6trimbles Paintsville, KY 05-08-17 Member Since 2015
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    "Wonderful"

    What a beautiful & tragic story. The imagery is wonderful. I felt like I was hiking the hills of NC. Will Patton was the perfect choice to narrate. Highly recommend!

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    Fern Hester Texas 03-09-17
    Fern Hester Texas 03-09-17 Member Since 2017
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    "A Masterpiece"

    This novel is extraordinary and beautifully written. No other words are needed. Will Patton's narration is perfect.

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    zubiate 03-02-17
    zubiate 03-02-17
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    "Like its being told to you in the first person"
    What did you love best about Thirteen Moons?

    I felt as if I were being told this story by the person who lived it. The voice and inflection of the performer (Will Patton) was spot on. I'm sure that my overall enjoyment of the book was thus enhanced ten fold, more than if I'd read it myself. In general, I love historical novels because they shed light on how things really were in past times, far better than any history book alone could do, and "Thirteen Moons is one of the best I've ever experienced.


    What other book might you compare Thirteen Moons to and why?

    Cannot think of one.


    What about Will Patton’s performance did you like?

    Everything. As I said, his voice was perfect for the character and his inflection made the telling totally believable.


    If you could take any character from Thirteen Moons out to dinner, who would it be and why?

    I would love to sit down with Will himself and pick his brain for memories not told in the book and have him show, and tell me about items he'd collected through his life. If I were a braver person I'd love to do the same with Feather Stone.


    Any additional comments?

    If you'd like to get an inkling of what the Eastern Native Americans Tribes, (particularly the Cherokee,) were facing in the early 1800s, this book will deliver that, plus so much more. It is definitely NOT your typical "Western Novel" about Cowboys and Indians"

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    MiteyMo Michigan 02-21-17
    MiteyMo Michigan 02-21-17 Member Since 2016
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    "Beautiful story, incredible narration"

    This was a gorgeous, involving story, and Will Patton's virtuoso performance made me glad I listened instead of read it.

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    Anonymous 02-03-17
    02-03-17 Member Since 2014
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    "It's a good read"

    I read COLD MOUNTAIN when it came out, and enjoyed it enough to pass it along to my dad. He was born and reared in the Virginia/West Virginia Appalachians and enjoyed the setting more than the story, I think. I saw the movie as well, and interestingly enough, preferred the book's ending to the movie's. THIRTEEN MOONS shares the location setting, but takes it back to pre-Civil War. Will Cooper; orphaned and abandoned as a child, adopted by a clan of Cherokee and eventually becoming its leader, leads quite an extraordinary life, to hear him tell it. I found Will to be an unreliable, yet sympathetic narrator of his life story, given, as old men will be, to braggadocio and bravado.

    THIRTEEN MOONS is written in the same vein, but on a much lesser scale than, McMurtry's LONESOME DOVE or Phillip Meyer's THE SON. The plot is not nearly as involved, nor the scope as encompassing. It was a very good read (listen actually, since I got it through Audible), but I'd prefer THE SON.

    I could listen to Will Patton read the phone book; he was extraordinary in THE SON.

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    jakke h collard 01-08-17
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    "A way of life. Gone. Away."

    Gives us a glimpse of a time and place that may have been and is no more.

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    Amazon Customer 01-04-17
    Amazon Customer 01-04-17
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    "Very Enjoyable"

    This book is beautifully written, breathtakingly poignant, and a wonderful world I like to escape to time and again. Will Patton's narration is superb.

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    Lawyer 10-04-16
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    "it's a good and wide ranging story."

    I loved the narrator's cadence and voice. Great story and lots of mountain lore and adventure. Clair however was mysteriously unexplained...

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