“The underlying values expressed in the trilogy, in all the novels, are the old-fashioned primary values—courage, respect for one’s fellow man, self-reliance, courtesy, devotion to the truth, a loathing of hypocrisy, the power in simple goodness. He called them “the old verities†and he was sure they were vanishing from American life. McCullough, David. Brave Companions (p. 143). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. ”
