David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

@YAppelbaum Irving never fretted over-much about such things as "facts" and "accuracy." It was Irving for example who invented the outrageous lie that Columbus met resistance only because his contemporaries thought the world was flat. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021

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David Frum @davidfrum

@YAppelbaum But the man who most indelibly inscribed Columbus on the American mental map was Washington Irving, in his "biography" (if that's the write word) published in 1828 after a sojourn in Spain. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021

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David Frum @davidfrum

@YAppelbaum Even now, centuries later, you still meet people who believe Washington Irving's invention- including eg the local guide who showed me the tomb of Columbus that now rests in the cathedral in Seville. 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 11, 2021