![]() ![]() ![]() The Wild West, Pocahontas, George Washington and the cherry tree: there’s remarkably little myth in the mythos. We live in a hyper-documented time few stories have slipped past the reach of evidence to assume the aura of legend. ![]() By contrast, the entire history of the States is young enough to have been scrupulously examined under the microscope. Other countries-and indeed, cultures within America-have histories which, stretched far enough back, dissolve into myths and legends, stories lost and re-remembered. Time immemorial! I couldn’t wrap my American brain around the thought: what most of us consider ancient history is scarcely 400 years old. Nicholas, and that it had “stood upon this site from time immemorial.” A carved plaque on the side of the building read that this was the chapel of St. It was a gorgeous, still evening the sun slipped slowly away. Some years ago, on the southwestern tip of England, I stumbled across a little stone chapel overlooking the sea. ![]()
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