Word: nchausen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speculator, a certain Dr. Fred Puleston* is violently convinced of fraud. In righteous indignation he marshals evidence to prove "that bleary old Műnchausen . . . an unmitigated liar" who has "grossly slandered Livingston, Stanley, Cecil Rhodes." The slander: that Livingston married a black, that Stanley was a murderer, that Rhodes, drunk on prickly-pear brandy, had to be rescued from the crocodile. Employed for many years by the English firm (Hatton & Cookson) which sent "Horn" to Africa, Puleston declares that the recorded exploring expeditions, river charting, native battles, elephant hunts, "gorilla purveys," and rescue of a captive English girl, were...
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