Against the Day: Chapter 8

Having made our way to the Rockies, now is the time to dismiss doubts as to what purposes Webb might intend. Not much travel along traditional coordinates in this conversation, instead we meet the waterheads of the Traverse clan and contemplate the molds in which the bonds between workers and those rascals who despise all shapes of mandate were set. Just try and keep your hat on, heavier things have been seen blown away in these mountains.

Next episode: Pages 97-118 (End of Part One)

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:

Films/TV: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik, 2007)

Music: Public Enemy, Nick Cave

Books/Authors: B. Traven’s Jungle series (1931-1940); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen

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