Word: bequeathing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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LeBlanc is no hero. He fears death, and when he senses its imminence it requires all his strength to keep from cracking up. Since he has nothing to bequeath, he is determined to leave at least a memory of uncomplaining courage. As his hour approaches, irrational hopes and fears seize him. He has a nightmare vision of yawning hell, and mistakes a grandchild for a daughter who had died at three. As his body shrinks, so does the area that absorbs his attention. The world of town and factory, of family and responsibility, gives way to what goes...