“We recognize the names: Achilles, Odysseus, Zeus, and Apollo. We're taught that The Iliad is a foundational text of civilization. But who has really read the text? Until now, The Iliad was hijacked by academics and used to bludgeon schoolchildren...
"Salute to Adventurers" is a 1915 novel by John Buchan telling of a young Scotsman's adventures in the American colonies.
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When I was a child in short-coats a spaewife came to the town-end, and for a silver groat paid by...