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is described in Book II as becoming into a symbol of "the arrival of Bigness in the world

he lampoons the conventions of historical fiction while offering a scathing indictment of the political and social climate of his time

shaping belief through interpretation and moral clarity

Curwood's prose is vivid and immersive

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