Bumper Sticker: Chicken Little was right (antedating 1965 December 16) (1956)

[victor steinbok]

I should have added that the 1955 publication dates show up in book
reviews, so this is actually another indication that the dating is
likely legitimate.

VS-)

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:04 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am almost certain this is a legitimate date. If you search for 1955,
> there are a number of hits (all appear to be references to publication
> dates, which does not tell much). But searching for 1956 produces a
> hit to an ad for a 1956 Engagement Calendar. My assumption is that one
> usually sells XXXX engagement calendars in the year XXXX-1. In any
> case, it is a publication that virtually all academic libraries have,
> so it should be possible to track down fairly easily.
>
> VS-)
>
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Garson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>
>> Citation: circa 1955??, Nature magazine, Volume 48, Page 234, American
>> Nature Association.(Google Books snippet view, Library catalogs
>> indicate Volume 48 is dated 1955, Unverified on paper. May be
>> inaccurate)
>>
>> ... where counterpanes of lupine suggest that Chicken Little was right
>> and the sky has indeed fallen.
>>
>> Here are links into two copies.
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=OAwfAQAAIAAJ&q=counterpanes#search_anchor
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=cofkAAAAMAAJ&q=counterpanes#search_anchor
> ...
>

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