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Summary Of The Book 'When The Legend Dies'
When the Legend Dies
The book “When the Legend Dies” is a tale about a young boy named Tom Black Bull was raised by his mother and as she raises him to live like the people in the old days lived such as living in the forest and hunting for food and shelter. The book was written by Hal Borland. As you could probably notice is that there were many changes happening with Tom. So let’s move on and see what changes there were.

One change with Tom was when Bessie died. Bessie was his mom and he was taught many life lessons and he was taught how people used to live. After her passing he was lonely and didn’t have anyone to go to and to have there for him when he needed someone. Eventually Tom was too lonely and he found a new companion, a bear. As

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