Davidson, Avram -- Adventures in Unhistory
Collection of essays on the possible factual origins of myths: the
phoenix, Hyperborea, mermaids, Prester John... All fished out of
Davidson's flabbergasting storehouse of historical erudition, and told
in an indescribably vocal voice; it's impossible to read without
hearing the guy harrumphing and waggling his eyebrows and littering
the room with quotations. Reading this book is like meeting the man,
and I can only imagine that meeting him was like meeting three of
anyone else.
Note: reading this explained a joke in The Dragon Waiting. Must
update concordance.
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