Correction of Amazon Review of YBQ

[Fred Shapiro]

There are two reviews on Amazon so far for The Yale Book of Quotations.
Both are five stars; one is by our own Stephen Goranson.  I just want to
correct his statement that "Everybody wants to get into the act" is
omitted from the book; it's there on page 627.

I also can't help but note that Stephen makes a point of the absence from
the book of "the whole nine yards" -- is that a quotation?  --
and devotes a paragraph to the Montagnard theory, about which he
graciously concedes "there is admittedly no consensus on this yet."

I hope my comments above don't obscure my authentic appreciation to
Stephen for the five stars and his kind words about my book.

Fred Shapiro


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Fred R. Shapiro                             Editor
Associate Librarian for Collections and     YALE BOOK OF QUOTATIONS
   Access and Lecturer in Legal Research     Yale University Press
Yale Law School                             ISBN 0300107986
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