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The story is written in 18th-century "pastiche" prose, featuring zany humor, talking dogs, and mechanical ducks.

This 1997 novel is widely considered one of the great American epics. It reimagines the historical surveyors as a mismatched pair—one depressive and one rollicking—traveling through a surreal version of pre-Revolutionary America. dixon mason

Setting out in 1763, the duo slogged westward at roughly two miles a day, performing astronomical calculations at night to mark a straight line through the wilderness. The story is written in 18th-century "pastiche" prose,

Their guides, including Mohawk and Onondaga Indians, eventually refused to cross the Catawba Trail, forcing the survey to stop before reaching its planned end. Setting out in 1763, the duo slogged westward

In the 1760s, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired to end a violent boundary dispute between the Penn family (Pennsylvania) and the Calvert family (Maryland).

At its heart, it is a moving story of friendship between two men trying to map a chaotic world using the "Enlightenment's" cold logic. 3. Modern Fiction and Film