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The outlandish companion : in which much is revealed regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, their lives and times, antecedents, adventures, companions, and progeny, with learned commentary (and many footnotes) by their humble creator
Title:
The outlandish companion : in which much is revealed regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, their lives and times, antecedents, adventures, companions, and progeny, with learned commentary (and many footnotes) by their humble creator
Author:
Gabaldon, Diana.
ISBN:
9780385324137
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Publication Information:
New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
xxix, 577 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Synopses -- Outlander -- Dragonfly in Amber -- Voyager -- Drums of Autumn -- Characters -- Where Characters Come From: Mushrooms, Onions, and Hard Nuts -- Cast of Characters -- I Get Letters... -- Horoscope Reading for James Fraser, Horoscope Chart -- Horoscope Reading for Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, Horoscope Chart -- Magic, Medicine, and White Ladies -- Family Trees -- A Genealogical Note -- Comprehensive Glossary and Pronunciation Guide -- A Very Brief Guide to Gaelic Grammar -- Comprehensive Glossary of Foreign Terms (including British slang) -- Outlandish Web Sites and Online Venues -- The Web Sites -- The Diana Gabaldon Home Page -- LOL--The Ladies (and Lads) of Lallybroch -- Through the Stones -- The Outlandish Timeline -- Clan Outlandish on AOL -- The Free Gallery of Authors' Voices -- CompuServe Readers and Writers Ink Group -- Research -- Researching Historical Fiction: Hot Dogs and Beans -- Botanical Medicine: Don't Try This at Home -- Penicillin Online: A Writer's Thread -- Where Titles Come From (and Other Matters of General Interest) -- Outlander vs. Cross Stitch -- The Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel -- The View from Lallybroch: Objects of Vertue, Objects of Use -- Lallybroch -- "Arma virumque cano" -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Answers -- Controversy -- Communication -- Work in Progress: Excerpts of Future Books -- The Fiery Cross -- King, Farewell: -- "Surgeon's Steel" -- The Cannibal's Art -- Writing and Real Life -- Annotated Bibliography -- Eighteenth Century -- Scotland -- Medicine -- African Cultures -- Ghosts and Ghost Stories -- Literature -- Language Resources -- Magic -- Medicine (Including all Herbals) -- Natural History Guides and Resources -- North Carolina -- Foods and Cookery -- Native American Cultures and History, Etc. -- Rather Odd Books -- Miscellaneous -- Errata -- Gaelic (Gaidhlig) Resources -- Poems and Quotations -- Roots: A Brief Primer on Genealogical Research -- A Brief Discography of Celtic Music -- Foreign Editions, Audiotapes, and Strange, Strange Covers -- The Methadone List.
Abstract:
A guide to the Outlander series, time-travel romances featuring Claire Beauchamp Randall, a Red Cross nurse. Included are synopses of novels, biographies, family trees and pronunciation help.
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