Somewhere beyond the Salish Sea lived the Stout Men who did the Megin River, and Tibet, and the Amazon. There was Tictac and Poldy, Cliffy and Madame, Captain and Gung, and Papa Smurf, who would die someday, but not yet. These are the stories of where they rushed headlong, towards adventure and suffering, and how it all took place.

6. The Evolution of the Literary Hero
• The Homeric hero of Deeds

9. The Evolution of the Literary Hero
• The Homeric hero of Deeds
• The Socratic hero of Convictions

10. The Evolution of the Literary Hero
• The Homeric hero of Deeds
• The Socratic hero of Convictions
• The Byronic hero of Romance

12. Quintus Horatius Flaccus

13. The Evolution of the Literary Hero
• The Homeric hero of Deeds
• The Socratic hero of Convictions
• The Byronic hero of Romance
• The Horatian hero of Character

47. ‘Much travel is needed
before a raw man is ripened.’
Arab proverb