In this story, a character tells of the hero "Ash-heels," the comically mispronounced Achilles, during a recital of Pope's Iliad. Another character in this work suggests that a woman "go out there and cuss" in order to let out her anger. The protagonist of this work, who is repeatedly described as philosophically calm, exch
In this story, a character tells of the hero "Ash-heels," the comically mispronounced Achilles, during a recital of Pope's Iliad. Another character in this work suggests that a woman "go out there and cuss" in order to let out her anger. The protagonist of this work, who is repeatedly described as philosophically calm, exchanges his own horse, "Five Spot," for a weak mule belonging to a female companion. One character in this story (*) starves herself in order to save her rations for "the child;" that "child" is the companion of a character known as "the Innocent" and is named Piney Woods. The journey to Sandy Bar is interrupted by a meeting with Tom Simson as well as a snowstorm which eventually takes the lives of The Duchess and Mother Shipton. For 10 points, name this short story about the gambler John Oakhurst and the title exiles, written by Bret Harte.
In this story, a character tells of the hero "Ash-heels," the comically mispronounced Achilles, during a recital of Pope's Iliad.