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Edward FitzGerald

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The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition Edward FitzGeraldAccording to legend, runaway slaves could attain a sort of freedom by breaking off a branch the Golden Bough from a sacred tree. If the runaway could kill the tree's attendant priest, he would become King of the Wood until his defeat by a new challenger. This 1890 work by Sir James George Frazer, an expert in myth and religion, was inspired by the legend. An extensive study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity, The Golden Bough explores ancient

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