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I think what's best here is you know where to go next -- I do think though there's a lot x to do still in deciding whether this is a funny story of obsession or part of a larger anti-Itallian pro-Nordic sway... I hope you feel well
Is the story of the descovery of america challenged in other places, and how? (search google books for leif too?)

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distinctly out of place within earshot of I-95. The story of how it came to be distinctly out of place within earshot of I-95. The story of how it came to be
there involves Vikings, a baking soda magnate, the discovery of America, and, there involves Vikings, a baking soda magnate, the discovery of America, and,
at the center of it all, the city of Norumbega. As one explores the area, the at the center of it all, the city of Norumbega. As one explores the area, the
name comes up again and again; a map will tell you the structure's name is name comes up again and again: a map will tell you the structure's name is
Norumbega Tower, and running alongside is Norumbega Road. Further south, one Norumbega Tower, and running alongside is Norumbega Road. Further south, one
finds a Norumbega Park, and another road called Norumbega Court. This paper finds a Norumbega Park, and another road called Norumbega Court. This paper
will explore how one man in the late 19th century, Eben Norton Horsford, will explore how one man in the late 19th century, Eben Norton Horsford,
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houses: "If anyone interested will walk from the junction of Elmwood Avenue houses: "If anyone interested will walk from the junction of Elmwood Avenue
with Mt. Auburn Street [...] he will be at the site of the objects of interest with Mt. Auburn Street [...] he will be at the site of the objects of interest
which had once been there, and which I had predicted might there be which had once been there, and which I had predicted might there be
found."[@HorsProb89, 14] Horsford is remarkably confident in his claims, found."[@HorsProb89, 14] Here Horsford is remarkably confident in his claims,
inviting his audience to see the evidence for themselves. He claims there are inviting his audience to see the evidence for themselves. He claims there are
"inequalities of the surface," which are "the remains of two long log houses, "inequalities of the surface," which are "the remains of two long log houses,
and huts, or cots."[@HorsProb89, 14] He states they are arranged "'some nearer, and huts, or cots."[@HorsProb89, 14] He states they are arranged "'some nearer,