His belated claim of fathership for the measure is just another Texan tall tale.

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Or was it merely some tall tale, repeated person-to-person by would-be believers?

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In a desire to bring his harsh portrayal of unfreedom to a rousing finish, Johnson embarks on a wish-fulfillment romance that makes happiness seem like just another tall tale.

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It has the flavor of a very tall tale.

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This is definitely one side of the tall tale.

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Three families, with only a few wagons and oxen as possessions, head West on the high desert in 1845, led by a garrulous but evasive tall-tale artist named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), who may or may not be taking them to a beautiful valley in Oregon.

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