Thanks for sharing the book with me. It seems to show a different 
point-of-view from that which we've grown to know today. One should always 
keep in mind the time period and accepted mind-set of the times. The author 
was no doubt doing what was "politically correct" for the time and it would 
be unfair to judge it against today's standards, as they are Mark Twain's 
Huck Finn.
      
Best Regards,
Scott.
PS - You should read "The Lost Man" in the New Yorker, June 16, 1997.
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