Very little has been written about the epigraphs in Blood Meridian, especially looking at all three of them together. We fix that.

Are the epigraphs misleading? Are the epigraphs another example of the art of misdirection?

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Bohme April 24, 1575-November 17, 1624 (another 117 or 1117?)

Shakespeare April 23, 1564-April 23, 1616 (like the kid born and died on same date?)