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George wanders the country seeking work and is given shelter on the Indian Reservation at Wounded Knee. When itâs discovered that the beautiful Matoaka is pregnant, he is forced to leave. A few years laterâafter a stint in the CCCâs, an FDR remedy for the Depressionâhe becomes a union organizer, and is present at John L. Lewisâ founding of the CIO.
He learns that Matoaka had died in childbirth, returns to the Reservation to claim his son, and eventually marries the daughter of a wealthy Bostonian. Seduced by the opportunity to better himself, he abandons working for the union, only to have his ambitions derailed by Pearl Harbor. In the service, he helps a Saudi-Arabian Prince, now an American citizen, avoid duty on the front. When the war ends, the Princeâs father sends for George so he can express his gratitude. In one horribly gripping scene, we see him crawling across the desert that will yield him untold riches. Georgeâs empire ripens more quickly than Rome, and leads to a life and death struggle for survival.
This novel is a must read for the younger generation who are beginning to reach out for the idealism that threatens to be forgotten. Flip a coin, this is Vegas, weâre building something out of nothing in the desert.
About: A fascinating look at the development of the American social order, Heads You Lose is to American capitalism what The Grapes of Wrath was to the migrant farm workers.
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