The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy The Kid - Plot & Excerpts
- Lew Wallace “Amen.” – J. Michael Orenduff I was on a ledge three hundred feet above the Rio Doloroso violating two federal laws, one on purpose and the other by accident. I felt like Indiana Jones. Except I was afraid to approach the precipice. But my acrophobia didn’t stop me from digging. I’d been told there were ancient pots here, and I knew they would be back in the ruins, not out on the rim. I’m not a professional archaeologist and I didn’t have a permit to excavate, so the first law I was breaking was the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). So what? Because of the American Bar Association, it would be impossible today for Abe Lincoln to be a lawyer. Because of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, it would be impossible today for Thomas Edison to be an electrical engineer. And thanks to the Archaeological Institute of America, it’s also impossible for me to hunt for artifacts legally. Which was why I was digging under cover of darkness.
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