[net.general] banned book week

holder@druhi.UUCP (HolderML) (09/13/85)

From Paul Hoefling:

>September 16-22 is National Banned Book Week.
>
>National Banned Book Week is sponsored by the American Association of
>Libraries, various publisher's organizations, author's organizations,
>etc.
>
>Banned books include such classics as Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
>(racist), Shakespeare (sexual language, etc.), the dictionary (wouldn't
>want kids looking up all that foul stuff, would we ?), the Bible (various
>offenses).

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Can anyone post an "official" list of banned books to the net? (and reasons
for their banning?).  It would be interesting to see.

						Mike Holder
						AT&T-IS Denver, CO
						druhi!holder