It's Legendary! Separate fact and fiction in family lore

It's Legendary! Separate fact and fiction in family lore

Natural story tellers are subject to a particular bias: They want their story to be concise and coherent. In service of a good yarn, they may make too much of a particular detail or overlook contradictory evidence. And if a story can go wrong on any single telling of it, how reliable can it be after being passed down through generations? 

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