The Vanity Press: Flat Earth

There's a good review of a book called Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea, by Christine Garwood here: http://thevanitypress.blogspot.com/2007/05/flat-earth.html
I actually learned a bit from the review. Looking forward to the book itself.
There are some interesting parallels between Flat Earthers of the Victorian period and Anti-evolutionist clown show of ours. (I'm thinking of Dr. Flintstone here)
--  From: 	The Eternal Gaijin 	Lost Somewhere in Kobe, Japan 	"Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."

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