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Craig A. Bird

A ‘Ring’ of Bias Not Likely

The erudite professor of philology and expert in Norse languages wrote books about dragons and trolls and elves and wizards. The devout Roman Catholic purged any mention of Christianity from the 500,000 pages of his epic, "The Lord of the Rings," series.

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