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Marco Paolini reshapes the story of Odysseus, depicting him not as a cunning hero but as a wandering shoemaker on a ten-year odyssey, burdened by a seemingly useless oar. After a violent retribution against those who wronged him, Odysseus rejects the gods' protection for a severe self-imposed punishment, embodying the greatest sacrifice
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During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?