Outlandish Observations: Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

Notable Dates This Month

September 3, 1705 - Jonathan Wolverton Randall is born (OUTLANDER)

September, 1744 - Claire and Jamie return from Paris to Lallybroch , bringing Fergus with them (DRAGONFLY)

September 20, 1745 - Jamie captures the 16-year-old Lord John, breaking his arm, but declines to shoot him (DRAGONFLY)

September 21, 1745 - The Battle of Prestonpans (DRAGONFLY)

September, 1756 - Jamie arrives at Helwater to serve as a groom on the Dunsany estate (VOYAGER)

September, 1757 - Lord John arrives in Germany to serve with Von Namtzen's regiment (HAND OF DEVILS)

September, 1758 - Lord John returns to London following the cannon explosion (BOTB)

September 13, 1759 - Lord John fights at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec (Custom of the Army)

September, 1764 - Jamie is officially pardoned by the Crown and returns home to Lallybroch (VOYAGER)

September 2, 1769 - Brianna and Roger are handfast ; Jemmy is conceived (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September 4, 1769 - Bree is raped by Stephen Bonnet (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September, 1769 - Brianna and Jamie meet for the first time (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September 16, 1771 - Jenny writes to Jamie to forgive him for what happened to Young Ian (FIERY CROSS)

Late September, 1774 - Claire nearly dies from a mysterious illness (ABOSAA)

September, 1776 - William encounters Nathan Hale, and witnesses his execution (ECHO)

September 19, 1777 - Jamie is wounded at Saratoga; Claire amputates his finger (ECHO)

September, 1777 - Jamie encounters his cousin Hamish at Saratoga; Claire meets Benedict Arnold (ECHO)

September 18, 1778 - Henri-Christian dies; Fergus's printshop burns down (MOHB)

September, 1968 - At the hospital in Boston, Claire meets with Joe Abernathy and examines the skeleton of a murdered woman (VOYAGER)

September, 1970 - Roger discovers the newspaper clipping about the fire (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September, 1980 - Bree and Roger open Jemmy's box and read the first letter from Jamie and Claire (ECHO)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

I just saw this and had to pass it on. Enjoy!

Why aren't men like Jamie Fraser?

10 comments:

Carolyn Crane said...: Karen, thanks for the shout out! And as an Outlander fan, I can't believe I didn't know about your blog. What a ton of fun! And how great that you got to meet Diana herself. Love the pictures.; September 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Carolyn - nice to see you here! Take the time to look around, there's a LOT of information here.

I'm glad you liked the pictures. :-)

Karen; September 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM
VanillaSeven said...: Who is Jamie Fraser?; September 13, 2010 at 5:54 AM
Karen Henry said...: Vanilla:

He's the hero of Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER series. 6'4", red hair, amazingly good-looking, great in bed <cough>, basically, irresistible to Diana's female readers (and there are a LOT of them!)

There's a graphic novel coming out on Sept. 21 called THE EXILE, in which Jamie has a major role. Check out Diana Gabaldon's blog for pictures.

Karen
Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Karen Henry said...: Oh, and how could I forget....he's an 18th century Scottish Highlander, so he wears a kilt. <g>

Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:01 AM
Deniz Bevan said...: Ha ha! Thanks for pointing us to that Karen! Still trying to think of interesting stuff for my Jamie "essay"...
By the way, award coming at you on Thursday :-); September 13, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Shelly-Lynn said...: I found your blog a few weeks ago and have so enjoyed it! I only recently (this year) found the Outlander series. Now I have read them all and don't know what to do with myself. :)

One of my friends linked this story on Facebook and I couldn't help but think that this man is a modern day Jamie Fraser, sacrificing his life for his wife and unborn child. (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39146785/ns/today-today_people); September 14, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Susan said...: Thanks for passing this on to us. I love your blog; you find and pass on to us so many interesting, educational, and funny things!

Susan (susantjbh at Compuserve); September 14, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Shelly-Lynn:

I heard about that story a couple of days ago, but didn't make that connection. Wow! You are entirely right.

So glad you've been enjoying my blog!

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Karen Henry said...: Susan:

Welcome! It's good to see you over here. :-) Glad you've been enjoying my blog.

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM