Most amazing coincidence of all time

But there is no proof that Adams, dying, uttered,"Jefferson survives," which was said to be especially poignant, as Jefferson had died just hours before. Mark that up as just another hoary story we wished so hard were true we convinced ourselves it is.

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But there is no proof that Adams, dying, uttered,"Jefferson survives," which was said to be especially poignant, as Jefferson had died just hours before. Mark that up as just another hoary story we wished so hard were true we convinced ourselves it is.

http://hnn.us/articles/132.html
So it's likely that the quote was manufactured mythology.

Writing about history is an iffy thing at best, and except for newspaper stories and letters, all you have is your own sense of all the characters, educated guesses, and fabricated continuity.

Been there, done that, but never got published.

Rickoshay75 wrote:

Writing about history is an iffy thing at best, and except for newspaper stories and letters, all you have is your own sense of all the characters, educated guesses, and fabricated continuity.

Historians, no doubt with a good deal more imagination and training than you, have far more sources available to them than "newspaper stories and letters."

Rickoshay75 wrote:

Been there, done that, but never got published.

I can understand why.

That's a new one, a critic that hasn't read what he's criticizing...

A novel has to convey a sense of reality.>>

Maybe your sense of reality but not mine. Real means continuity and logistics, not just moving snapshots

This joker's idea of how history is researched and written is exactly equivalent to the amount of science to be found in Christian Science.

There sure are some strange ones that show up on here