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The Labors of Herkimer is the tale of a country boy from a small town in Iowa, Herkimer Hampton. When in adolescence, his mother dies he is shipped off, by his father, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, to be ward of the judge's cousin in New York City. While small in stature, Herkimer has developed great physical power through a program of weight lifting and karate. He has, also, a powerful sense of right and wrong, instilled by the judge. These two physical and moral strength- give him the incentive to perform several acts of heroism, each echoing one of the feats of the legendary hero, Hercules. For instance: He foils a robbery attempt at a shop where he is a summer employee, emulating Hercules' killing of the Nemean lion. In college he brings to judgment the campus bully Hercules' killing of the giant, Anteus. And later, as an employee of a Wall Street firm, he performs some remarkable deeds, very bountiful to his employers. In this age of cynicism a tale such as this must be presented as satire. Still, it is possible that such a young man does exist.