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“There is a famous case of a Tennessee mountain hermit who, in the 1930s, claimed to have invented the typewriter.”

Analyzed on 2026-09-22T01:40:17+00:00 · Last updated 2026-09-22

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My belated discovery that fire cools is like the famous case of the Tennessee mountain hermit who called a newspaper reporter to his shack because he had, in the 1930s, invented the type­writer.

Extracted from: Annie Dillard’s Impossible Pages , The New York Times

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The New York Times nytimes.com credibility 0.85 Supports

“My belated discovery that fire cools is like the famous case of the Tennessee mountain hermit who called a newspaper reporter to his shack because he had, in the 1930s, invented the type­writer.”

Annie Dillard’s Impossible Pages

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Metadata

Claim ID CLM-E2E7F907
Slug there-is-a-famous-case-of-a-tennessee-mountain-hermit-who-i-e2e7f907
Origin nytimes.com
Captured 4 d ago
Velocity 0.0/hr
Bias 0.00
Technology History Folklore