Their readership dwindled, and vanished. No one knows why.
Like the cave painters, they apparently had a comic rather than a tragic view of life. Some of the content has been made available here for scholarship purposes.
Some of their concerns may seem naive to modern readers.
Some of their beliefs may seem "primitive."
Some of the idioms pose linguistic challenges.
Boone returns from the Cumberland Gap.
They were interested in the history, arts, and popular entertainments of other periods and cultures. Contemporary scholars believe this aspect of their civilization, more than any other, is just too cute.
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