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Shaman is the prize-winning second volume of Noah Gordon’s celebrated Cole Trilogy.
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Dr. Robert Judson Cole travels from his ravaged Scotland homeland, through the operating rooms of Boston, to the cabins of frontier Illinois and the war-torn fields of Gettysburg. This second book of the Cole trilogy, a New York Times "Notable Book," was declared "Best Historical Novel of 1991/1992" by the Society of American Historians, which awarded Noah Gordon the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize.
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Noah Gordon has had outstanding international success and his eight novels have been read by millions in thirty-five countries. The Physician, now a major motion picture, has been called a modern classic, and booksellers at the Madrid Book Fair voted it “one of the 10 best-loved books of all time.” Shaman was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, Lorraine Gordon.
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“What a book! It’s a joy to read. Noah Gordon has given those of us who like good, strong, warm-hearted novels a wonderful gift.” —Tony Hillerman
“A good read, and a refreshing approach to the frontier.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A sweeping historical drama . . . described with precision and unflinching verisimilitude. Gordon writes with the skill and patience of a good doctor . . . powerful.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Brilliant . . . a picture of America in the grip of expansionist fever and the Civil War.” —Library Journal
“A rich, sensitive, and inspiring portrait of our collective past in all its majesty . . . a thinking person’s Western . . . an alive and vibrant epic tapestry of America’s adolescence.” —The Press-Enterprise
“A good read, and a refreshing approach to the frontier.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A sweeping historical drama . . . described with precision and unflinching verisimilitude. Gordon writes with the skill and patience of a good doctor . . . powerful.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Brilliant . . . a picture of America in the grip of expansionist fever and the Civil War.” —Library Journal
“A rich, sensitive, and inspiring portrait of our collective past in all its majesty . . . a thinking person’s Western . . . an alive and vibrant epic tapestry of America’s adolescence.” —The Press-Enterprise