.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights .h2Pag #. Copyrigh 1989 .h318 August 1989 1,590 words AND ANDERSO VIKIN WARRIOR Writte an photographe b Jun Grayson I al o th world' histor books almanacs an referenc tome hav t b rewritte soon blam i o Wilfre Raymon Anderson prolifi Chicag write an retire businessman Anderso ha traine hi sight o wha h call th Columbu Fraud Anderso ha proof h believes th Christophe Columbu w kno a th discovere o Americ wa a ignoran Genoa weave wh die i 1480 Th rea Columbu wa Spaniar o Norwegia an Jewis blood " kno th ide sound weir i yo haven' hear i before, admit Anderson "bu anyon ca examin th evidence. T mak th fact mor accessible Anderso publishe boo i 198 a hi ow expens calle th "Vikin Explorer an th Columbu Fraud. H publishe quarterl newslette fo th Lei Ericso Societ o whic h i founder president publi relation director an newslette writer H write letter t th editor o newspaper throughou th world H appear o televisio an radi talkshows H send new release t colleg histor department s historian ca kee abreas o hi discoverie (althoug non o the s fa hav deigne t respond) Chicag literar agen wil marke hi lates book "Pannin Fo Truth, subtitle "Columbu an Othe America Myths, whic h i writin wit fou c-authors Th ove- ridin them o th boo i tha th peopl o ancien civilization wer muc mor mobil tha previousl though an ther wer hundred an mayb thousand o transatlanti an transpacifi ocea crossing befor Columbus Smal wonde tha on o hi favorit print adornin hi livin roo wal i Salvado Dali' Do Quixote th sometim patro sain o los causes. And Anderso think big a befit si-foot fou-inch descendan o th Vikings Hi father Ol Marti Anderso Djerk (th Djerk wa droppe whe th Anderson becam Americanized wa bor i Ullensaker Norway i 1881 Hi mother Matild Frederickson wa bor i Kongsvinger Norway i 1886 Thei familie joine th thousand o othe Norwegian familie wh cam t Americ aroun th tur o th centur seekin economi opportunity. Bor i Janesville Wisconsin Anderso live ther unti attendin th Universit o Wisconsi a Madison H majore i chemistr "unti go tire o aci burn o m pants. Th highligh o hi colleg experience h recalls wa th chanc t stud Norwegia wit Eina Haugen I 193 h graduate wit a accountin degre an becam CPA Afte workin i Atlant an Detroit h ende u i Milwauke i 195 wher h me hi futur wife Ger Tennebekk fro Bergen Norway The hav bee marrie fo thirt-seve year an hav tw daughter an thre grandchildren Traine i fashio an design Ger i no superviso a Marshal Field' i Chicago Anderso ha alway bee write H wrot hi first colum fo th schoo newspape whe h wa twelv an ha regula colum i Th Cardinal th Universit o Wisconsi newspaper H ha writte ove tw hundre busines article publishe i variou trad journal. I October 1961 chanc remar b Fin Sandberg the Norwegia vic-consu i Chicago starte hi o th pat o a amateu historia an ferven apologis fo th Vikings " visite th consulat t secur writin assignmen t financ tri t Norway, remember Anderson "Sandber offere n encouragement A joke sai gues wil hav t ge Congres t chang Columbu Da t Lei Ericso Day. "I yo ca d that you'l hav millio Norwegia- American o you side, Sandber said Recognizin gauntle whe h hear one thi latte-da Vikin though wh not Anderso ha despise th stud o histor i college bu h becam frequen visito t th Chicag Publi Librar an th Newberr Library H discovere tha ther alread wa Lei Ericso Day firs proclaime fo Octobe 9th 1935 b Congres an signe int la b Presiden Roosevelt T lear mor abou hi Norwegia heritage Anderso calle Chicag Norwegia newspape an aske fo sampl copy "Sen m seve dollar an I'l sen yo subscription, sai th edito (wh shal remai nameless a h slamme dow th receiver "Tha reall annoye me, say Anderson " decide t writ m ow newspaper" H ordere letterhea stationer an starte th Lei Ericso Societ i 1962 Hi avowe purpos wa t discove an publis th trut abou th Vikings "Eve toda man Norwegian ar ashame o thei Vikin ancestry, Anderso says "Mos American thin an tal abou th Viking i Americ i onl hearsay. Chicagoan don' quit kno wha t mak o And Anderson. I h onl a intellectua gadfl an th bigges stor-telle i Chicag o somethin more On thin sure h ha provide man interestin tales fo Chicag newspape columnists Perhap i doe no hel hi credential tha h ha wo thre honorabl mention i th Burlington Wisconsin Liar Clu annua contes wit entrie suc a this "I slu clearanc fo Chicag expressway the encountere hous s dilapidate tha $8,00 ha t b spen o remodelin befor i wa fi t b condemned. Conside th "ridiculous pla tha h an fiv othe investor ha i 196 t buil th Lei Ericso Cente eas o Michiga Avenu o th sout ban o th Chicag Rive 13 story 1,45 foo tal buildin o glas an aluminum Th pla failed However onl fe year late th ne Sear Towe reache heigh o 1,45 fee wit 11 stories Hi visio wa no preposterous onl premature O conside hi proposa t observ th millenniu o Lei Ericson' discover o Americ (wai til 2,00 A.D. b buildin 1,00 foo statu o Leif complet wit swor an shield astrid th Chicag Rive i downtow Chicago Anderso ha a eve mor obliging reaso t ste u th pac o hi assaul o historica errors H want t convinc th worl o hi thesi befor 1992 whe h expect Italian t g al ou t celebrat th 500t anniversar o th discover o Americ b th "wrong Christophe Columbus Yo ca rea Anderson' summar o th Columbu controvers elsewher i thi magazine I yo assum tha Anderson' source ar accurat an i yo examin hi evidenc wit a ope mind yo ma hav t admi tha hi versio o histor coul b true Remembe th historica contex o thes events Columbu saile o th ev o th fina banishmen o th Jew fro Spai o th pai o death I Columbu wa indee Jewish h woul hav ha t li t ge th suppor o th Spanis royalt an h coul no hav returne t Spai safel unles h continue t hid hi Jewishness Particularl compellin i th evidenc marshale b Sau Wiesenthal th famou Naz hunter i hi book Th Sail o Hope wher h assert tha Christophe Columbu wa reall a educate Je rathe tha a unschoole Genoa Catholic Th esteeme Encyclopedi Judaic summarize simila informatio bu reache n conclusio unde it headin o Christophe Columbus Anderso i no alon i seekin t se th recor straight A th ver least hi plo i a goo a tha o an curren sp bes-seller I th controvers exists wh d w neve rea abou i i ou children' histor books Wh don' universit histor department researc th subject Ca th scientifi metho b applie t th stud o histor a wel a medicine Accordin t Le Erenberg Ph.D. professo o America histor a Loyol University Chicago "Historian us scientifi method i tha w mak hypothese an asses th evidence W nee firs han account o historica record birt records churc records deat records I th evidenc i stil inconclusive w hav t searc fo mor evidence Al o th piece mus fi togethe pleasingly. "I Mr Anderso feel rebuffe b historians, Erenber continues " suspec tha i i becaus la writer ar ou o th mainstrea o historica researc an no take seriousl a historians Thi i no a burning subjec fo presen da research, Erenber thinks "I ther wer onl som large issu ridin o th subject the i coul agai becom a importan matte t historians a no avers t mentionin suc controversie t m student bu thi ma b subject lik th Kenned assassination whic wil neve b resolve t everyone' satisfaction. Anderso ha on unfulfille desire H woul lik t visi Spai an examin th evidenc h cite firsthand However h i 7 year ol (althoug h coul pas fo 60) h take dail bloo pressur medication an hi wif want t g t Hawaii H hope tha on o hi grandson wil pic u hi standar i h doe no finis hi work "Whe m grandso wa baby hel hi i m arm an rubed hi littl fac wit th fu on on o m Vikin statues, Anderso beams I th meantime Anderso live b hi credo i i bette t ligh on candl tha t curs th darkness Anderso i to modest H light fir-bombs no candles Wil h eve retire? "Hell no I' havin to muc fun I'l di wit m boot o an kickin al th wa t m wor processor. ##### Jun Grayso i Svensk flick an registere nurs i St Charles Illinois.