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		<title>Useful Fictions, Part III &#8211; Historical Fiction&#8230; Sort Of</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wrote recently about the 'urban legends' of American History – the colorful stories which tend to root in significant events. Even factually flawed, these myths proffer illumination beyond the events themselves through their framing – or even their distortion – of the mere facts of a happening.

Sometimes history is reshaped to reflect cultural priorities, other times to give a little extra ‘oomph’ to an important moment. Sometimes the distortion is malicious, or self-serving.  Sometimes we just get it wrong.

"Historical Fiction" is a different creature... ]]></description>
		
		
		
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