Both of the governments have the power to collect taxes, build roads, borrow money, establish courts and create new laws, and many other powers which are not as relevant.
The book is about racism in America during the great depression. It is a sequel to Song of the Trees.
<span><span>Because the author uses the phrase "not feigned but true," it seems that feigned and true are </span>.</span><span>I think that feigned means </span><span>to give a false appearance of or induce as a false impression. Basically to assert as if true : pretend; invent, imagine</span>
