All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Clarence Wiener: Laurel Hill's Baron Munchausen


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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, part 4

Baron von Munchausen was a German military man who traveled the country spreading his tales of wonder, which always featured himself in the role of a hero. Clarence Wiener came from a wealthy Philadelphia family.  He started to burnish his reputation during his brief stay at Harvard. Eventually, truth and fiction blended together. His widowed mother married an American-born violin teacher who was also a Baron. When Clarence died, he ended up in an unmarked grave in the family plot.

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