As a representative work of Chu poetry it makes use of a wide range of metaphors derived from the culture of Chu, including shamanistic elements such as divination and the presence of spirits, as well as references in ancient history and legendary figures.
There's a little bit of real history in this story of the legendary boomtown, but creator David Milch was most concerned with examining how this collection of dreamers, whores, and losers, many of whom were considered utterly beyond the pale4 even in a much wilder time, could find common cause as America sought to bring them to heel.
Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary, unless your friends are there to see it.
He became a political exile, and one of the greatest and immortal poets of Germany who wrote poems about the legendary warrior of Switzerland, 'Wilhelm Tell' and 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans'.
Over the years, I've told this story in the United States, Australia and Indonesia as an example of legendary service.
