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278 - James Otis - The Almost Founding Father

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Man Struck by Lightning

A man expresses his wish to be killed by lightning as his final experience, which eventually becomes a reality as he is struck and killed by lightning during a thunderstorm. The chapter also explores Otis' loyalty to the loyalist cause during the revolution, his influential role in sparking the revolution, and the peculiar circumstances of his death by lightning in a doorway.

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