![]() Her father had deserted her, her brother, and their mother when Rena was two, forcing her mother to take jobs in distant Madison and leaving her children in care of her mother. We meet Rena Janney in her senior year in high school, a brash, outspoken girl whose overly mature appearance and dress belie her sweet and innocent nature. The underlying theme of the book is the damage that gossip and rumor can do. ![]() ![]() The Shield of the Valiant is a substantial novel that visits the village during the years 1936 through 1941, ending with America's entry into World War II, also marking the end of an era for the quiet village and its surrounding farm country. Integral to this sweeping saga was its subset, the Sac Prairie Saga, in which Derleth examined the inner working of his hometown of Sauk City, thinly disguised as the village of Sac Prairie. The major work in August Derleth's life was his Wisconsin Saga, which encompassed poems, novels, short stories, essays, and various non-fiction works. The Shield of the Valiant by August Derleth (1945) ![]()
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