The Golden Bough Life on the Mississippi in

Life on the Mississippi in the heyday of the steamboat lives in our imaginations through the artistry of Mark Twain

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The Golden Bough Life on the Mississippi inA certain sacred tree was forbidden to the touch, save only for runaway slaves: if the slave could break off a branch The Golden Bough he could challenge the tree's attendant priest to mortal combat. If victorious, the slave would replace the priest as King of the Woods until his lethal defeat by another bearer of The Golden Bough. Sir James George Frazer, an expert in myth and religion, was so intrigued by this tale from classical mythology that he