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D. GeorgakasA11Y Unraveledhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9085-9_1

1. When the Amazon Was Nothing but a River

Dimitris Georgakas1  
(1)
Oldham, UK
 

April 22nd, 1962 (date totally random)

“Aah, today’s paper, right on time as every morning. Thanks, Johnny!”

What a lovely kid, thought Fred while sitting on his withered wooden chair in his front garden, enjoying his fresh breakfast (Frosties) and a cup of coffee (if you lived in the 1960s and didn’t have cereal and coffee for breakfast, don’t really know what to tell you; you were missing out). The newspaper was the way for Fred to learn about what had happened in the world, the country, and his local community ...

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