Collects several short stories that provide a critical commentary on the culture of materialism and the class issues between the wealthy and the poor.

Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West—in other words, portrayal of the West

Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West—in other words, portrayal of the West

U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was a giant in the legal world, even if he is often remembered for his four wives, as a potential vice-presidentia