"It's easy to create something that has a lot of luster, but it's very hard to make something that has a lot of depth."

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With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified intonations of our young nation's sweat and tears evocative of the indelible storytelling of Dos Passos, Frank Norris, and Upton Sinclair.

— Bob Shacochis