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Unique Elements Detailed 20th-Century Historical Map Explore the wonders and magic of this unforgettable classic and take an exhilarating step back in time! Tales of the Long Bow by English author G.K. Chesterton is a book of literary fiction first published in 1925 in the United States. Synopsis Tales of the Long Bow, by G.K. Chesterton centers around the journals of a gang of friendly eccentrics who have named themselves the Lunatic Asylum and spend their time attempting the impossible. In the beginning, they are nothing more than four foolish, carefree jokers who act out brazenly for the purpose of kidding around. They quickly realize, however, that they are men on a mission, as they are the only ones left in England still fighting for the human spirit against uniformity, riches, and the super-state. Their jokes evolve into a sort of revolt when they find their buffoonery increasingly constrained by official rules. The humor is still present, but it now serves a purpose. Sneak Peak ‘THESE tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did the narrator merely say that they happened, without saying how they happened, they could easily be classified with the cow who jumped over the moon and the more introspective individual who jumped down his own throat. In short, they are all tall stories; and though tall stories may also be true stories, there is something in the very phrase appropriate to such a topsy-turvydom; for the logician will presumably class a tall story with a corpulent epigram or a long-legged essay. It is only proper that such impossible incidents should begin in the most prim and prosaic of all places, at the most prim and prosaic of all times, and apparently with the most prim and prosaic of all human beings.’