Bellesiles Shoots His Mouth Off Again
Tom Bartlett at The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting interview with disgraced historian Michael Bellesiles here.
We’ve discussed Bellesiles here, here, here and here.
My two favorite excerpts from the interview:
One creative critic made up a song and serenaded him over the phone. It included rhymes for the word “a**hole.”
And:
In the introduction of 1877, he thanks St. Raymond, patron saint of the falsely accused.
My favorite quote from the comments section:
This article sets its slobbering, hero-worshiping tone in the first couple of paragraphs. I was waiting to her[sic] Bartlett write something like “Bellesiles stood tall and strong, with the wind blowing softly through wistful locks of tussled hair that tumbled over his pensive visage…”.
