Thompson tells tales of a Dawson that may not be true ( Booksends )
The stories in Talking at the Woodpile bear the same resemblance to the actual Klondike as do Garrison Kiellor's tales of Lake Woebegone to any actual town in Minnesota, or Stuart Maclean's to the area of Toronto where Dave and Morley live.
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