[Ads-l] Garson in NYT, with bonus unmasking

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Apr 26 13:30:42 UTC 2017


The NY Times has a lovely article on Garson O'Toole, focusing on how misattributions spread.

www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotations.html

The article also mentions Garson's birth name and original identity, for those who wondered.

Jesse Sheidlower

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