The tweet heard round the world
11 October 2010
“Today is Columbus Day. To celebrate, go visit your neighbor, give him smallpox, and move into his house after he dies.”
(jedijunkie)
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My books
The background of Mexican anti-clericalism and the "atheist" general who led the Catholic counter-revolution of the 1920s 128 pp., Editorial Mazatlán, 2012.
An oral history of the World War II experiences of Gilberto Bosques (1894 – 1997), Mexico 's Consul General in Marseilles, France, who saved tens of thousands from the Nazis. 36 pp. Editorial Mazatlán, 2007 $35 MXP (click the image)
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